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Alasdair Pal

Articles by Alasdair Pal

Regulation

IFAs on the hook for collapsed £60m offshore property scheme

UK IFAs are among hundreds of creditors facing severe losses in a £60m property scheme marketed as low risk but "tainted with illegality", according to the firm's liquidators.

clock 15 August 2014 •

Wrap/platforms

Hargreaves cuts minimum investment level as it targets lower net-worth clients

Hargreaves Lansdown is reducing the minimum investment required to open an account from £500 to £100 in a bid to entice low-value clients.

clock 13 August 2014 •

Fixed Income

Jupiter profits down 18% on Rathbones deal but inflows drive up AUM

Jupiter has reported an 18% fall in its profits in the first half of 2014, with the group incurring £5.3m of costs from selling its private client business.

clock 30 July 2014 •

Managed solutions

DFMs under pressure over portfolio charges as FCA mulls review

Discretionary fund managers (DFMs) are facing growing pressures to standardise managed portfolio fees as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) considers warning advisers against using any service where costs are not clear.

clock 29 July 2014 •

Wrap/platforms

Transact boss Taylor open to exit as platform calls in Goldman to broker sale

Transact has appointed Goldman Sachs to broker a full sale of the business, with senior staff open to an exit if a takeover is agreed, Professional Adviser's sister title Investment Week understands.

clock 28 July 2014 •

Wrap/platforms

Royal London's Taylor to take over as Ascentric MD

Jon Taylor, head of the former Co-op life insurance business, is to replace Hugo Thorman as managing director of platform Ascentric.

clock 28 July 2014 •

Economics / Markets

Carney admits plan to 'shake up the markets'

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has admitted his surprise Mansion House speech last month was deliberately designed to 'shake up the markets'.

clock 16 July 2014 •

Wrap/platforms

Platforms come under fire over share class conversion

Platforms are racing to update their conversion programmes as advisers complain about hefty charges when switching clients into clean share classes.

clock 14 July 2014 • 3 min read

Economics / Markets

Fed sets October date for end of QE

The US Federal Reserve has said it will end its purchases of government bonds in October, bringing to a close the quantitative easing (QE) experiment.

clock 10 July 2014 • 1 min read

Investment

European Wealth hits acquisition trail as assets climb

AIM-listed wealth management group European Wealth reported a rise in assets of nearly a quarter in the first six months of the year.

clock 04 July 2014 • 1 min read
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