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1 week ago | 
shorturl.at | Matt Millard |Robin Powell
Do you earn a good salary or have a large retirement pot but still worry that you don’t have enough money? If so, you could be suffering from financial dysmorphia — and you certainly aren’t alone. Most people would be happy to earn £250,000 a year. But when Frank Frulio, a senior manager at the space services firm Spire Global UK, was told that he wouldn’t receive the £150,000 annual bonus he was hoping for, he took the firm to an employment tribunal.
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4 weeks ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Dan Cooper |Lee Coates |Robin Powell
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Thursday 27 March 2025. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. AJ Bell sells Platinum Sipp and SSAS businessAJ Bell has agreed to sell its Platinum Sipp and SSAS business to InvestAcc Group in a deal worth up to £25m. The sale of AJ Bell Platinum, part of its non-platform business, will comprise £18.5m upon completion, made up of £17.5m in cash and £1m in new InvestAcc shares.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Robin Powell |Chris Jones
Financial planning firm Fairstone has partnered with global wealth manager J.P. Morgan Asset Management on a new Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) range. The partnership will see Fairstone utilise J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s global equity and global bond capabilities as core components of its new NOVA MPS range. The NOVA MPS will provide institutional-grade investment capabilities to retail clients at institutional pricing, at 55 basis points.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Momodou Musa Touray |Robin Powell
Firms hoping the government’s call to boost growth through regulatory reform will mean cuts to the Consumer Duty will be “disappointed”, MorganAsh has warned. On the 17 January, the Financial Conduct Authority said it would remove “unnecessary regulations” and relax some of the rules firms must adhere to in response to the UK government’s calls to remove barriers to economic growth. The FCA made the pledge to the prime minister, which sets out regulatory reforms to boost the economy.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Simon Collins |Robin Powell |Tim Riseborough |Richard Harrison
In all my articles in 2024, I commented on the increased level of supervisory activity being undertaken by the FCA in the retail sector. That certainly looks set to continue into 2025 as the follow-up to the work the FCA has been doing around the Consumer Duty begins to move up a gear. Prior to Christmas, the FCA gave a number of updates and feedback, particularly after reviewing a range of firms’ approach to the first Annual Board Report.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Paul Muir |Michael Browne |Sneha Shah |Robin Powell
When phrases such as pensions dashboards become part of your everyday vocabulary at work, it’s easy to forget those words may mean very little to non-industry people. To test this, I asked some members at my local running club to tell me what they think about the idea behind pensions dashboards. I was met with a fair few blank faces looking back at me. In fact, no one knew what I was referring to. I imagine this would be a representative response from much of the general public.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Momodou Musa Touray |Kimberley Dondo |Robin Powell
Rathbones saw outflows of £3.4bn in Q4 of 2024, which were “partly elevated” by a short-term increase in withdrawals of funds by existing clients around the UK Autumn Budget. In a trading update released today (16 January), Rathbones added that it posted record gross inflows of £3.2bn in Q4, which was offset by its outflows. Rathbones did see funds under management and administration (FUMA) total £109.2bn, an increase from £108.8bn Q3 and £105.3bn in 2023 Q4.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Matt Storey |Darius McQuaid |Robin Powell
With a new year comes the chance to turn over a new leaf. To start afresh, make a positive change, leave bad habits in the past. It also gives us an opportunity to reflect on what worked well in the previous year and what we would like to see improve over the coming 12 months and beyond. Maybe you’re discussing such things with your clients. What do they want to work towards this year? Are they on track to achieve their longer-term goals? What could they be doing better to reach them?
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Darius McQuaid |Robin Powell |Momodou Musa Touray
Investment platform and workplace pension challenger TILLIT has promoted Sheridan Admans to chief investment officer. Admans previously served as the firm’s head of fund selection. TILLIT founder & CEO, Felicia Hjertman, said: “Sheridan has done an outstanding job of curating the TILLIT Universe to offer best-in-class investment opportunities to our customers.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Darius McQuaid |Robin Powell
National Friendly has added the option to include sickness cover to its recently-launched Friendly Shield product. The option includes both an income and hospital benefit for sickness claims. The benefit levels are the same as paid for accidental injuries. No medical questions are asked to select the option, just a simple yes or no to whether sickness cover is desired. The mutual said it designed the cover following adviser feedback.
