New pension freedoms see launch of CPD series
BirthStar, a research and advisory firm for asset managers and intermediaries, has launched a new CPD research series on rethinking retirement. The research is designed to help advisers navigate with their clients, the new pension freedoms scheme. The Government announced pension freedom in their 2014 Budget to start in this 2015/16 tax year. So far, […]
Dying debts
SunLife has reported that one in ten people are forced into debt to pay for funeral costs. SunLife’s most recent extensive research consisted of an online survey of 1,504 UK adults who were responsible for planning a funeral and administering an estate within the last four years. A further 118 telephone interviews were conducted with funeral directors from […]
SRA says: historic first plc is a way forward
The creation of the first legal plc in England shows a new way forward in opening up the market through flexible regulatory practice, says the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Gateley Plc raised £30 million this month when it was admitted to trading its shares on AIM, London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies. […]