Harry Webster

2 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Buddy Keville |Harry Webster

Foster Denovo has launched a digital tool MyAdvicePlace (MAP) to make financial advice more accessible to people regardless of their income. As Foster Denovo explained: “Everyone, regardless of how much or how little money they have, can benefit from good financial advice.”MAP aims to provide personalised, regulated, financial advice on key areas such as saving, investing, health insurance, income protection, buying a house and retiring.

2 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Amanda Newman Smith |Momodou Musa Touray |Harry Webster |Buddy Keville

Financial advice is often presented as a great career for women because its flexibility makes it possible to work while bringing up a family. This will have massive appeal to career changers who may be looking to return to work once their children start school, for example. But building a career around parenthood will not be an issue for all women considering a career in financial advice, especially young women starting out. So, what else makes the advice profession an attractive career for women?

2 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Kimberley Dondo |Thomas Mathar |Harry Webster

The vast majority (86%) of financial advisers expect to increase their client base over the next 12 months. This is according to Dynamic Planner’s independent survey Advice 2025, which also found 72% of advice firms are serving more clients than they were a year ago with this trend expected to continue. The survey found that smaller firms are more likely to have increased its client base compared to larger firms over the past year.

3 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Momodou Musa Touray |Darius McQuaid |Harry Webster

Despite the success of auto-enrolment, people are still sleepwalking into retirement, pension experts have warned. New figures released by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) today (3 June) reveal the cost of a ‘minimum’ standard of retirement for a one-person household has actually fallen by £1,000 to £13,400 per year. This, the PLSA said, reflecting lower energy prices and shifting spending expectations.

3 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Amanda Newman Smith |Momodou Musa Touray |Harry Webster |Kimberley Dondo

The ability to make a difference to people’s lives is one reason people build careers in financial advice. Doing this for clients pays the bills but work also needs to be fulfilling beyond salary for many people. Working in financial advice provides various opportunities to give back’ for the good of the local community and charities – and have fun while doing it.