The latest edition of IFA Magazine is live now. For many advisers and their teams, March mainly means one thing – the rush for the line as the end of the tax year comes into view. As the silly season kicks in, advisers and their teams are at their very busiest...
News
IFAM 122 | Finding value in fixed income | October 2023
As the sultry days of summer fade from our memory, the arrival of the chill autumn winds sees financial advice professionals focused on the usual challenges. Making sound investment decisions is right up there on that list, especially in the face of today’s highly...
IFAM 121 | Navigating Choppy Waters | September 2023
Summertime And ‘the livin’ is easy’ apparently. Well, that was according to Louis and Ella singing that fabulous song more years ago than even I can care to remember. However, as we wonder whatever happened to any decent summer weather here in the UK this year, the...
IFAM 120 | Are you ready for Consumer Duty? July/August 2023
After years of planning and preparation, the biggest regulatory change for almost a decade is almost upon us. Of no surprise to IFA Magazine readers is the fact that 31st July will see the final deadline for the FCA’s Consumer Duty. It is crucial that advice...
Sign up to the IFA Magazine Newsletter
The Final Countdown: IFA Magazine’s June edition is live now
Welcome to the June edition of IFA Magazine. As regular readers are probably aware, your friendly Editor is rather partial to a song title...
IFAM 118 | A spotlight on Multi-Index | May 2023
The merry month of May And so begins the merry month of May. With three bank holidays in just one month that’s one thing to help many of...
IFA Magazine’s April 2023 edition is live now: Under Pressure
As our more astute readers might have noticed, your friendly Editor here at IFA Magazine is rather partial to using a song title or two,...
Winners of the Protection Guru Awards 2022 are announced
Protection Guru, has today announced the winners of Protection Guru Awards 2022. In this, their second year, the awards have been...
Are investors seeing through the smoke and mirrors of sustainable investments?
With the tremendous growth of sustainable investments over the past decade now slowing down, as accusations of greenwashing and “fake it...
98% of big emitters’ financial statements surveyed do not sufficiently acknowledge climate risks
Of 134 multi-national companies responsible for up to 80% of corporate industrial greenhouse gas emissions, 98% did not provide sufficient...
Millennials think they have the Midas touch when it comes to investing, says new research
Millennials are more bullish than any other age group when it comes to predicting their own investment returns, new research shows....
TISA calls for new secondary regulatory objective to promote the financial wellbeing of UK households
Ahead of the Committee Stage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill, The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA), the cross-industry...
FCA warns over Derren Brown-style ‘misdirection’ scams risk as a quarter of savers eye early pension access during cost-of-living crisis – AJ Bell
Written by Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at AJ Bell As inflation tightens its grip on Brits’ finances and millions of households...
CISI’s UK financial planning community supports the FPSB’s 6th Annual World Financial Planning Day
For the sixth year, CISI, the not-for-profit, global professional body for those working in financial planning, wealth management and...
EQ Investors model portfolios added to AJ Bell Investcentre
EQ Investors, the B Corp discretionary fund manager, has announced that its range of sustainable model portfolios are now available to...
A growing interest in platform research
Platform usage Defaqto asked advisers to advise, approximately, what percentage of new business they place 'on platform'. Their research...
IFA Talk is our flagship podcast, that fits perfectly into your busy life, bringing the latest insight, analysis, news and interviews to you, wherever you are.