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Last month, Martin Lewis issued High Court proceedings against Facebook after his name and photo was used to scam vulnerable people out of thousands of pounds. […]

The maximum payout Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) payout for claims related to investment advice will increase to £85,000 in April 2019. With the current limit […]

Mis-sold pensions and investment scams are on the rise, with an increasing number of con-artists and bad advisors encouraging savers to move their retirement funds into […]

Financial advisors are becoming increasingly cautious when dealing with the self-invested personal pension (SIPP) market, following the collapse of a number of firms guilty of mis-selling […]

Clients of collapsed stockbroker Beaufort Securities may experience a delay in the return of their assets, due to complications faced by administrators. Special administrators say that […]

The Lifetime Sipp Company, which has recently faced 40 claims at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has fallen into administration. The provider, which has around 4,000 […]

The Financial Ombudsman Service has told two advice firms to compensate investors after they were mis-sold inappropriate investments. In one case, Portafina LLP was found to […]

The Financial Conduct Authority  (FCA) has issued a fresh warning to advisors responsible for giving bad pension transfer advice. Earlier this month the FCA published its […]

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced a crackdown on IFAs who advise clients to take out ‘high-risk investments’. With more and more pensioners and those […]