UK retail savers took £24.4bn out of investment funds in 2023, according to the latest data from the Investment Association. This is only the second year that an annual outflow has been recorded, with 2022 seeing outflows of £26.9bn. Retail fund sales could fall even further this year, with January seeing net retail outflows of […]
Archives for March 2024
Your guide to small business compliance – an easy checklist
Small business compliance is a rather broad catch-all term, but there are some core components to business compliance that affect almost any business owner. Compliance refers to the tasks you have to undertake, reporting you must adhere to, and rules you must abide by, to be a rule-abiding business in Australia. Let’s take a squizz […]
WIU AFED to Host Accounting Career Explorations Event March 19 – WIU News – Western Illinois University News
WIU AFED to Host Accounting Career Explorations Event March 19 – WIU News Western Illinois University News
Kitces & Carl Ep 133: Should Advisors Market The Real (Self-Actualization?) Value Of Financial Planning, Or Just Do It?
For many financial advisors, the traditional way of doing business has generally been based on a transaction-based service model involving functional solutions to clients’ practical problems. In more recent years, though, advisors have begun to focus on developing stronger and more meaningful relationships, recognizing the advantage of better understanding clients’ values and priorities when it […]
Lawsuit challenges DOL’s ‘independent contractor’ rule days before it takes effect
The Financial Services Institute continues to push for a return to a Trump Administration rule it contends offered clarity in employment questions.
Spring Budget: Chancellor cuts NI by another 2pc
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a cut to employees’ National Insurance from 10% to 8% from April as one of a raft of measures announced in his Spring Budget today. The Chancellor cut NI before in his Autumn Statement with the new rate taking effect from 6 January. The NI cut announced today will put […]
The Problem Of High U.S. Equity Valuations And How Advisors Can Factor In Current Evaluations Risks
Financial advisors often discuss how futile it is to try and predict what will happen in the stock market, and yet the reality is that a core component of creating a financial plan involves making a prediction for how markets will behave, at least in the long run. An assumed rate of return is needed, […]
Plaintiffs: FinCEN should pause all CTA enforcement
The plaintiffs who won a summary judgment that bars enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act against them said the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network should pause beneficial ownership information reporting requirements for all businesses.
Why Your Business Should Practice Continuous Accounting: How CFOs Can Make the Switch
Continuous accounting makes closing the books a source of valuable insights — not frustration.
Evelyn appoints Dubai Planner to north west
Wealth manager and Financial Planner Evelyn Partners has appointed Chartered Financial Planner Mickey Armstrong as a Financial Planner in its Knutsford, Cheshire office, recruiting him from a Dubai firm. The appointment is part of the firm’s continued North West expansion, it said. Mr Armstrong joins Evelyn from AES International in Dubai where he worked as a Chartered […]