Investment

Comment on Ignition Wealth’s Advisor Role

Ian McKenna, founder of AdviserSoftware.com and the Financial Technology Research Centre, comments on M&G’s appointment of Ignition Wealth to develop a new hybrid advice proposition:  “This morning‘s announcement is significant for Ignition Wealth, M&G and […]

News

Deals: Royal London Buys Wealth Wizards

Royal London, the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, today announces the purchase, subject to regulatory approval, of Wealth Wizards, a market leading fintech business. The acquisition reinforces our commitment to financial advisers […]

UK Insurance Trends

Oxford Risk Says Investors Are Checking Social Sentiment

A new survey by behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk reveals the increasing influence social media has on UK investors, with 7% saying they use Facebook as a source of information for their investment decisions. Similarly, […]

Investment

HNW Advisors Often Box Ticking, Not Actually Advising

Far too many wealth advisers view risk profiling as an unnecessary box-ticking exercise, leading to poor client outcomes, according to behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk. Risk profiling is essential to providing good advice and ensuring […]

Insurance Brokers

Niche Brokerage: Risks For Pro Athletes Are Many and Varied

What are the insurance risks for professional sportspersons? IE mag takes a look. Insurance is often regarded as a grudge purchase – we do it because we have to. Without insurance, we are left unprotected […]

Investment

Survey Suggests That Investors Are Taking Control, Cutting Out Advisers

New research from ETF provider GraniteShares reveals that over the next five years, 60% of wealth managers and IFAs expect clients to start managing more of their investable assets such as pensions and ISAs themselves, as […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Xpension Raises 25m Euros in Series C Funding Round

Investment within the insurtech and fintech sectors continues, despite the Corona outbreak. One area where transformation is overdue is the Life and Pensions sector, where a `buy it, store it and forget it’ approach has […]

Legal

Another Asons Director Faces 250K Judgement Day in Court

Leading insurance industry law firm, Horwich Farrelly and motor insurer, Esure, have been rewarded for their unrelenting pursuit of fraudulent behaviour. Mr. Kamran Akram, a former Director of Asons Solicitors, which had already been found […]