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Restricted adviser network Openwork has posted its first ever profit as a standalone trading company, reversing a loss of more than £13m in 2011.
22 February 2013
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Your profession
A former IFA has left up to 15 couples without a wedding venue after the inn she owns backed out of hosting their big days.
22 February 2013
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Income
MPs may be forced to debate a controversial plan to halt age-related tax allowances - a move dubbed a ‘granny tax' - after an online petition opposing it garnered almost 100,000 signatures.
22 February 2013
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Income
About 12,000 pensioners who hold annuities with Legal & General (L&G) have been left without their regular payouts after a technical blunder.
22 February 2013
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Regulation
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is suing his financial adviser for allegedly embezzling more than $300,000 from him.
22 February 2013
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Regulation
The four largest accountancy firms in the UK have been criticised for being too dominant by the Competition Commission.
22 February 2013
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Pensions
The Association of Member Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has warned the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading that Financial Services Authority (FSA) capital adequacy plans may threaten competition in the self-invested personal pension...
21 February 2013
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Pensions
Proposals for SIPP capital requirements based on assets under administration should be scrapped as it could risk consumer harm, Association of Member Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has told the FSA.
21 February 2013
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Pensions
The government's £75,000 long-term care (LTC) cap is too complicated and "discriminates against self-funders", according to one adviser from charity Independent Age.
21 February 2013
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Investment
Providers could save £74.6m a year by communicating all information with pension savers online, under government proposals.
21 February 2013
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