WEEKLY UPDATE
Sanlam says that by leveraging Pershing’s expertise in trading and custody, it will be able to “further focus on working with its clients to achieve their financial goals” Read full story
Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd has given Pensions Dashboards the green light following an industry consultation, but ongoing Brexit uncertainty means proposals could be delayed beyond the year. Read full story
ICOs have emerged in recent years as an alternative means of financing especially in the CEE region, claiming 20 percent of all international ICOs in 2017. Are they a worthy option for CEE start-ups? Read full story
As the UK prepares to leave the EU, the FCA has been working to deliver a transition that is as smooth as possible. The package of documents published contains the majority of the final instruments and guidance, following the February publication of the FCA’s Policy Statement with near-final instruments. Read full story
The FCA has set rules for how advisers should deal with insistent clients. These include that appropriate advice must be given following all the rules surrounding that type of advice. Read full story
OTHER NEWS
Nearly one-third of financial advisors fall into the 55 to 64 age range, according to a 2014 Cerulli Associates report, suggesting that this market is becoming an ageing market. A report from APFA last year stated that there were around 500 new adviser ‘trainees’ (those with less than three years of experience) in the financial advice industry. Read full story
Moneyball was the title of a book written by an American author, Michael Lewis, which told the tale of how an underdog baseball team turned itself into a winner, at minimum cost, and simply by employing a different type of analysis from every other team. By the time the book made the silver screen in 2011, the Moneyball concept had already spread into other sports; and it wasn’t long before it became distilled into the general idea of buying your staff talent at a reasonable price, training and developing it until you’ve helped form an extremely successful individual. Read full story
Have you uploaded your CV onto a job board in the hope of ‘dipping your toe’ into the market to see what the employment market is like? You may have been browsing jobs, completely unaware that your CV would then become visible to every recruiter and company in the employment market, perhaps even to your own HR department or department manager! Read full story
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