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March 26, 2024
Getting to Know the ‘Know Your Customer’ Rules
Here, we take a look at the ‘know your customer’ rules, focusing, in particular, on investment objectives - useful...
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July 11, 2023
Importance of Ethical Conduct in Financial Services
Ensuring ethical conduct is crucial within the financial services industry, where the reputation of financial advisers and firms hinges...
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June 13, 2023
Brand Bitesize: Self-Assessment
In this Brand Bitesize video, we take a look at self-assessment – relevant to CII exam R03, but also...
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May 23, 2023
National Insurance and Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes
2022/23 was quite a year for both Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and National Insurance contributions (NICs). For the...
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May 9, 2023
Handling Complaints as a Financial Services Firm
Each financial services firm must have and publish a written complaints procedure to deal with complaints from eligible complainants....
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April 11, 2023
Getting a Good Grasp of the Two Types of Lasting Power of Attorney
A Lasting Power of Attorney, commonly shortened to LPA, gives someone else the legal authority to look after your...
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February 14, 2023
Mastering the Topic of Money Laundering for your CII Exam Revision
The goal of many criminal acts is to generate a profit for the individual or group that carries out...
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November 1, 2022
Investing in Property
Direct investment in property, for example via buy-to-let, is out of reach for many retail clients. Being able to...
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October 25, 2022
Inheritance Tax and Exempt Transfers
For inheritance tax (IHT) purposes, gifts fall into one of three categories: exempt transfers, potentially exempt transfers (PETs), and...
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October 18, 2022
ESG and Socially Responsible Investments
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently warned of the risks of environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmarks and...
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October 11, 2022
Looking at the Link Between Inflation and Interest Rates
In this article, we look at the link between inflation and interest rates, and how they both impact investments....
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July 26, 2022
Getting to Know the Main Types of Long-Term Care Insurance
Last week, we looked at State benefits for long-term care. In this article, we review the main types of...
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July 19, 2022
State Benefits Pertaining to Long-Term Care
There are a number of State benefits potentially claimable by those in need of long-term care (whatever their age)...
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June 29, 2022
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June 29, 2022
