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
• Blog, Private Clients

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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15 Jul 2020

Working through lockdown and beyond

• posted by Gail Craig
• Private Clients, Blog

A year ago, I joined the Thorntons Investments Investment Team to do what I enjoy most about investment management – looking after clients and their wealth.  Better still, Thorntons Investments’ flexible approach afforded me more time with my young family.  Little did I know that one year on I would be working at the kitchen…

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