Protecting vulnerable consumers is a key focus for the FCA

15 Mar 2021

Protecting vulnerable consumers is a key focus for the FCA

• posted by Emily Ritchie
• Private Clients, Blog

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warns that there are now “27.7 million adults in the UK with characteristics of vulnerability.”  Examples of vulnerability include poor health, such as cognitive impairment, life events, such as bereavement or new caring responsibilities, low resilience to cope with financial or emotional upsets and low capability, such as poor literacy…

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1 Mar 2021

ISA Deadline 5 April 2021: use it, or lose it

• posted by Thorntons Wealth Financial Planning Team
• Blog, Private Clients

If you hold a Cash Individual Savings Account (ISA) you may be dissatisfied with the low rates of interest you receive, which could make it difficult to grow your money even at a rate that keeps pace with inflation. A Stocks & Shares ISAs offers the possibility of higher returns than Cash ISAs, but only…

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10 Dec 2020

Life in 2020

• posted by Thorntons Wealth Financial Planning Team
• Private Clients, Blog

As the year draws to a close, I thought I would put my thoughts to paper once again. The strange parallel is that the last time I wrote a blog it was a beautiful spring day at the start of the pandemic, and now here we are several months later.  Almost unbelievably, the restrictions are…

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24 Sep 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• posted by Thorntons Wealth Financial Planning Team
• Private Clients, Financial Advisers, Blog, Charities

In line with current UK Government restrictions regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic, our offices remain closed. Our colleagues are working from home and continue to provide services and maintain regular communications with all our clients. Should you wish to speak with us, please continue to use the main telephone number of 01382 797600 and your call…

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