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Coutts in 'price war'

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One's bank is embroiled in a frightfully good price war… Coutts has begun a price war for wealthy investors, reports The Sunday Times, after lowering the cost of its wealth management service by about half as it seeks to compete with cheaper rivals. The wealth manager has scrapped its 1% implementation fee, and reduced its initial advice fee from a flat £3,000 to £2,400 - and customers can now pay a one-off £6,000 charge for financial planning, including tax, inheritance and pension advice, down from about £12,000.  According to The Sunday Times, the move will be a challenge to big...

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