Charging

CHARGING

BUY NOW, PAY LATER

JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) has suspended consultancy charging on corporate schemes until the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) completes its investigation of the practice.

NOT SO SUPER

ARMCHAIR CRITIC

More than a quarter of advisers say their experiences in the period leading up to rule changes introduced following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) were "the toughest of their lives", a new report suggests.

High Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levies are the result of legacy industry issues and will "begin to fall within two years", according to AWD Chase de Vere communications director, Patrick Connolly.

CHARGING

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has called for the fees charged by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reflect the recent drop in adviser numbers.

Advisers and clients could get "caught out" by the new tax treatment of payment of trail commission, according to James Hay Partnership.