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Hargreaves Lansdown hits landmark 2m clients
Investment platform and SIPP provider Hargreaves Lansdown has notched up its milestone 2 millionth client and has also seen record assets under management, according to its 2025 Annual Report.
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90% of advisers report leap in IHT enquiries
More than nine in 10 financial advisers (92%) have seen a rise in enquiries about inheritance tax in the run-up to the Budget on 26 November, according to a new report.
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JPMorgan to replace Nutmeg with new investment platform
JPMorgan is to launch a retail wealth management and investment business with its own DIY investment platform next month.
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Failed SIPP firm clients updated ahead of legal judgment
Clients of failed SIPP provider Hartley Pensions Limited - who have had funds ring-fenced - have been given an update from joint administrators UHY Hacker Young ahead of a legal judgment expected in late October.
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5 year gap between dream retirement age and expectation
While people dream about retiring at 62 they do not expect to be able to retire until they hit 67, according to new research.
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Sales of escalating annuities surge
Sales of escalating Guaranteed Income for Life annuities that have some inflation protection, accounted for a fifth of all sales in 2024/25 and have increased by 17% year-on-year.
Financial advisers saw their turnover and client numbers grow strongly in 2019, a new study has found.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the consultation on scrapping the RPI inflation measure by four months to August.
Complaints about regulated firms topped 6m in the second half of 2019, according to data published by the FCA today.
Financial services firms expect to be hit with a major drop in business in the next quarter due to Coronavirus, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.
Defined benefit transfer values slumped by 3% in March and the number of members asking for a transfer value fell to a record low, according to figures released by the XPS Transfer Watch today.
SIPP pioneer Geoffrey Pointon has died at the age of 82 from Coronavirus, according to reports in his local newspaper the Rutland and Stamford Mercury.