The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its data on complaints made relating to the firms it regulates for the second half of 2019.
Monitoring this data is important for financial brands and the wider market. Understanding how many complaints...
"Unprecedented" is the word of the year so far. Don't believe me? Just take a look at this Google Trends data:
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What that shows us is that searches for the word "unprecedented" are higher than...
Following its decision to ban the marketing of so-called 'speculative mini-bonds' to retail consumers, the FCA has announced that the ban will now stand permanently.
The FCA has said that firms will not be allowed to promote speculative mini-bonds to...
Mortgage Advice Bureau was the big winner at the eleventh Financial Reporter Awards, picking up three awards in addition to founder and CEO, Peter Brodnicki receiving the outstanding achievement award.
Mortgage Advice Bureau, a mortgage intermediary brand picked up the...
A survey of 650 investment professionals in the UK, US and South Africa carried out by Asset TV has found that in 2020, 79% of professionals have participated in a virtual conference.
The findings are unsurprising in light of the...
PensionBee is looking to achieve a £100m commitment from its customers in its new fossil-fuel-free pension product.
The new product, created following growing demand from the firm's customers excludes companies with oil, gas or coal reserves, as well as tobacco...
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Interview with Annabel Brodie-Smith
The Financial Marketeer had the pleasure of speaking to Annabel Brodie-Smith recently. Annabel is the Communications Director at the Association of Investment Companies and has seen the industry change and adapt...
Google has said that its second core algorithm update of 2020, its first since January, is rolling out now. Google has said that the update will take between one and two weeks to fully roll out.
Different to the daily...
Just under half of UK adults, aged 18 or over display at least one characteristic of vulnerability. That's according to the findings of the FCA's Financial Lives Survey and it equates to 24.1m consumers.
The FCA believes that the COVID-19...
Podcast interview with Tim Andrews, Founder at The ID Register
Startup to spin-out
Ask any founder; launching a startup is hard work. So if launching a normal startup is hard work, what's it like to try and launch a startup within...
