Articles by Tom Ellis
Pull the other one, Mr Regulator, a risk-based FSCS levy is too good to be true
Advisers need to respond to FCA
Financial advice improves emotional wellbeing - Royal London research
Professional financial advice delivers much more than financial benefits, according to Royal London, which has released research suggesting those who take advice feel more confident and financially resilient.
SimplyBiz partners with specialist to support acquisition service
'Received interest from 100 firms'
Schroders UK Platform Awards postponed
'Until absolutely safe'
IHT receipts fall for first time in 10 years
Residence Nil Rate Band
Perception of advisers needs to change to close advice gap - OpenMoney report
'Expensive' and 'untrustworthy'
FCA sets out fresh best practice guidance for vulnerable customers
‘Ensure vulnerability is taken seriously’
Majority of advisers would continue a form of remote advice in 'new normal'
Almost 90% of advisers would continue to provide some form of remote advice as an option to clients as the country progresses out of lockdown, according to a survey of Quilter’s advice business.
Advised women more likely to increase sustainable holdings - Boring Money
Clients of female financial advisers are more likely to want to increase their holding in sustainable funds over the next six months, Boring Money’s research has suggested.
SJP sees £4.5bn net inflows in first half of 2020 as FUM begins recovery
Paid £27.8m in FSCS levy
New-look Financial Services Register up and running
After a weekend down for maintenance and upgraded Financial Services Register is up and running for consumers.
Adviser CIPs ripe for disruption - the lang cat
From 2.28% to 1.55%?
Initiative for Financial Wellbeing partners with Aegon
‘Not just a sponsor’
Unbiased changes subscriptions to four-tier service
Existing customers can stay put
Take a selfie: Novia launches biometric verification for client documents
Biometric verification
White label adviser platform provider Fundment secures £3.4m funding
‘Onboarding two firms a week’
Beaufort Financial appoints new head of advice
Niall Humphreys retires after 35 years in industry
FCA unveils 'flexible' Gabriel replacement RegData
Firms to be moved in stages
Square Mile and FE fundinfo launch food label-style Fund Dashboard for advisers
Investment consulting and research firm Square Mile has teamed up with FE fundinfo to produce “easy to interpret” fund dashboards for financial advisers.
Fairstone adds sixth firm to acquisition programme in 2020
Adds five advisers
Advisers can defer CPD this year in 'exceptional circumstances' - FCA
Defer to 2021/2022
Firm that advised clients on unlisted shares among 12 declared in default by FSCS
London-based Saxon Capital, which advised clients to invest in unlisted shares of company Oxford Renewable Fuel, has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) among 11 others in April.
Advised platform market AUA down 12% in Q1 shows adviser resilience - the lang cat
'Due to three factors'
Four financial advice firms and a DFM fall into FSCS in March
One 'Ponzi scheme'
SJP withholds third of dividend as coronavirus crisis hits AUM by 13%
AUM drops by £15bn
Fairstone adds two advice firms to its acquisition programme
Adds 1,000 clients
Be-IQ launches 'first' end-to-end behavioural insight service
Behavioural personas
Parmenion tops the lang cat's quarterly platform ratings
Praemium second
Tributes paid to SIPP and SSAS pioneer Geoffrey Pointon who died after contracting coronavirus
'Larger than life figure'
FCA must re-think investment pathways 'long-term income' option - EValue
FCA board to make decision
Tom Ellis: Adapting to a different way of living
Stick together
Regulator temporarily softens 10% drop notification rule for coronavirus crisis
Three guidelines to follow
The lang cat offers free access to hub of platforms' 10% MiFID rule strategies
The lang cat has made parts of its platform analyser available for free so financial advisers can see how platforms are dealing with the 10% MiFID notification rule, which has been much-used in recent weeks.
PA360 pushed back to 20 July
Retained majority of speakers
CII postpones April exams - Financial planning RO6 and pension transfers AF7 set for July
Follows government announcement
Vanguard launches low-cost SIPP for D2C market
0.15% account fees
Tom Ellis: A bizarre moment for Royal London to end its Ascentric platform journey
Outside the family circle
The good guys shouldn't pay: Help us campaign to change FSCS levy system
Supported by PFS, PIMFA and Penney
Tom Ellis: Let's hope the platform market winds are changing
A storm has caused havoc in the adviser platform market over the last couple of years, says Tom Ellis, but advice firms will no doubt be expecting to see some sunshine soon