UK Adviser
Best Practice | 10 Oct 16
UK unveils plans to create single state-backed advice body
The UK government will create a new single body to offer guidance on pensions, debt and other financial issues.
Harlequin Property enters insolvency to ‘protect investors’
Harlequin Property SVG, the company behind the £400m ($509m, €454m) overseas property scheme, has officially entered insolvency proceedings, a decision likely to result in hefty losses for thousands of investors.
Investment | 5 Oct 16
ANALYSIS: A passporting trade-off looms for Brexit Britain
With Britain’s impending exit from the European Single Market all but confirmed, it’s time to face the possible consequences for asset managers.
Retirement | 30 Sep 16
UK adults in their 30s half as wealthy as those in their 40s
UK adults born in the 1980s have half the wealth as those born in the 1970s had at around the same age, according to a new study.
Investment | 29 Sep 16
Clients unaware of risk of passive investing, say UK advisers
Around 60% of financial advisers in the UK have concerns that clients are unaware of the risks of passive investing which tracks a market-weighted index or portfolio, according to a new survey by Natixis Global Asset Management.