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GDPR : What should asset and wealth managers be doing to prepare?
On 25th May 2018 the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect in the UK and asset and wealth managers should be taking steps now to ensure they're ready.
Compliant suitability: Still elusive, still urgent
Why is the FCA, five years after making it a central aspect for review and guidelines, still finding fault with suitability?
Are we seeing fundamental change in how investment firms consider outsourcing?
Nearly three years on from the FCA’s Thematic Review of Outsourcing in the Asset Management Industry (TR 13/10, November 2013) are we seeing fundamental change in how investment firms consider outsourcing?
Re-empowering the disenfranchised: at what cost?
It comes as no surprise and, indeed, has been recognised by many, including the FCA, that the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) has left a group of consumers bereft of access to financial advisers and therefore financial advice.
Where next for the hard-pressed pension investor?
The latest budget sees another attack on the pension savers of middle England by dint of yet a further reduction in the lifetime allowance. On top of this, pension tax relief is also very much in the firing line. Different and radical proposals are emerging from each of the major political parties in the run-up to the election.
Benchmarking – you won’t see the bumps in the road ahead if you’re looking into the rear-view mirror
Many, if not most, outsourcing contracts now include benchmarking clauses, giving the client an opportunity to compare how their supplier is performing against the market from both a cost and service perspective after a specified length of time.