Advisers Advisers Technology Transact and CURO automate adviser-fee reconciliationBy Tom Browne Transact and CURO have launched a new integration that automates the reconciliation…
Advisers Advisers Business Platforms Lang Cat updates functionality on platform-switching toolBy Momodou Musa Touray Financial consultancy Lang Cat has updated the functionality on its Analyser adviser…
Advisers Advisers Business Brooks Macdonald makes LIFT co-founder CEO of financial planningBy Darius McQuaid Brooks Macdonald has made LIFT-Financial Group co-founder Michael Holden its chief executive…
5 Platforms Advisers Platforms Technology ‘The dinosaurs of the platform industry will go extinct’By Dan Cooper There are some dinosaurs in the platform industry that will go extinct…
3 Advisers Advisers Business Regulation FOI request reveals steep drop in DA applications since 2020By Lois Vallely Applications for direct authorisation (DA) are on the decline, data obtained from…
Advisers Advisers Hoxton Wealth appoints commercial director for the AmericasBy Darius McQuaid International independent financial advisory firm, Hoxton Wealth – Americas has announced the appointment…
Regulation Advisers Business Investments Politics Regulation FCA to survey firms on how it regulates financial-services sectorBy Momodou Musa Touray The Financial Conduct Authority is launching a survey into how it regulates…
Platforms Advisers Platforms Technology Plannr and Seccl launch first phase of CRM integrationBy Tom Browne Customer-relationship management (CRM) platform Plannr has announced the initial phase of its…
1 Technology Advisers Technology Paraplanners ‘should not worry’ about AI replacing themBy Dan Cooper Paraplanners should not worry about artificial intelligence (AI) replacing their jobs –…
Advisers Advisers Investments ARC Research launches benchmark MPS Index to give IFAs ‘clarity’ on performanceBy Darius McQuaid ARC Research has launched ARC Managed Platform Solutions (MPS) Indices to give…
3 Advisers Advisers Technology AR, VR and ER have ‘huge potential’ to transform financial adviceBy Dan Cooper Augmented reality (AR), extended reality (ER) and virtual reality (VR) all have…
4 Advisers Advisers Company news SJP ongoing advice review ‘progressing as planned’By Dan Cooper St. James’s Place has said work to review its ongoing advice charges…
Advisers Advisers Business Should you work on your emotional intelligence?By Amanda Newman Smith One topic starting to crop up more in the advice sector is…
Business Advisers Business How to build an online personal brand when starting out in adviceBy Amanda Newman Smith Knowing a social-media presence can make you more employable in the advice…
Business Advisers Business Technology Do you need a social-media brand to get a job in advice?By Amanda Newman Smith Researching financial products and services online before buying has become second nature…
3 Technology Advisers Business Technology Can AI help advisers practise difficult conversations?By Amanda Newman Smith Difficult conversations go with the territory for financial advisers. Helping clients live…
1 Regulation Advisers Investments Regulation Can you ‘borrow’ discretionary management permissions?By Vanessa Johnson Only a Financial Conduct Authority-authorised firm with FCA permission ‘managing investments’ can…
Advisers Advisers Business Company news Distribution Economy Investments Pensions Platforms Protection Regulation Tax Take Money Marketing’s Christmas Quiz!By Kimberley Dondo Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Money Marketing’s quiz is jolly!…
2 Regulation Advisers Regulation Don’t underestimate Consumer Duty changes to fair valueBy Thom Hart In days gone by, assessing the value of a service was a…
1 Advisers Advisers Business How to turn exam setbacks into successBy Catriona Standingford We spend a lot of time focusing on celebrating when someone passes…
Business Advisers Business Here’s a clever marketing trick to get you more referralsBy Harry Webster NextWealth’s most recent Financial Advice Business Benchmark report is pretty stark about…
Advisers Advisers Business Politics Regulation Wealth management Noel Butwell: Making space for doing moreBy Noel Butwell How do we protect and unlock advisers’ capacity, whether in terms of…
Pensions Advisers Pensions Politics Clive Waller: Surveying the retirement planning landscapeBy Clive Waller To the surprise of many, especially in the financial planning world, George…
Technology Advisers Technology Nick Eatock: Embracing AI in financial adviceBy Nick Eatock When intelliflo recently asked advice firms for their views on artificial intelligence…