
Kevin Carr
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2 weeks ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Kevin Carr |Momodou Musa Touray
Instead of starting with large language models, financial advisers should begin with smaller ones, teaching them specific tasks and letting them develop gradually, “like a puppy”, Dynamic Planner’s growth director has insisted. “You feed it knowledge, let it grow with you, and your use of it evolves alongside it, rather than relying on a massive, pre-trained model,” said Rowan Whittington.
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2 weeks ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Kevin Carr
Shepherds Friendly has partnered with SimplyBiz in a move aimed at expanding its reach in the intermediary market. The deal will see the mutual’s income protection products added to SimplyBiz’s panel, giving thousands of advisers across the UK access to its Simply Income Protection plan. The partnership forms part of Shepherds Friendly’s broader strategy to grow its footprint among intermediaries.
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3 weeks ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Kimberley Dondo |Kevin Carr
MoneySuperMarket has added Scottish Widows to its protection insurance panel, in a move aimed at widening access to life and critical illness cover. The insurer’s products are now available through MoneySuperMarket’s platform, which is powered by LifeSearch’s ‘Buy Now’ technology. The integration allows customers to obtain cover in less than six minutes, provided their responses meet automated eligibility criteria.
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3 weeks ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Kevin Carr |Darius McDermott |David Hall
A retail investor who put £120,000 into the unregulated firm Basset & Gold (B&G) said he has “zero faith” in the FCA after being offered just £200 in compensation. The Complaints Commissioner, set up the the FCA to investigate complaints against it, said it expects to “receive a number of objections” after the decision. Towards the end of May, the FCA apologised to B&G investors and admitted some failings in how it dealt with the case, but did not uphold all complaints made.
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4 weeks ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Kevin Carr |Kimberley Dondo
The UK discretionary wealth management market (excluding private banks) has grown to £1.1tn in assets under management, an 11% increase year-on-year, according to Platforum’s latest report. The UK Wealth Management: Market Overview report, which examines key drivers and headwinds across the sector, attributes much of the market’s growth in 2024 to robust investment performance.
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