In a matter of hours, the Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR) consultation will close and – after munching roast turkey and mince pies – the Treasury and FCA will begin the process of pouring through consultation responses. But will this exercise actually achieve anything useful when it comes to tackling the UK’s worrying ‘advice gap’?
Financial services communications specialist MRM has today launched a report with views from five industry leaders on the Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR).
MRM, the London-based financial services PR consultancy, has promoted Ellis Ford, Tor Williams and Emily Chapman.
A sizeable shockwave could be on the cards for online advice next year if the latest noises coming out of Canary Wharf are anything to go by.
According to last week’s New Model Adviser article by Justin Cash, the head of the FCA’s Financial Advice Market Review Secretariat, Ed Smith, said there are a number of risks to consumers from automated or robo-advice services.
Even as alternative finance grows in popularity, investors must exercise extreme caution when assessing many of the mini-bonds coming to market.
In this ‘2 minutes with’ segment, we put Anthony Morrow, Founder and Chief Executive of online investment business, eVestor, under the spotlight.
We’ve all seen them. Whether browsing the net or taking a seat on the tube, adverts for crowdfunding projects are everywhere nowadays. What are not quite so widespread are the risk warnings that those advertising crowdfunding should be putting front and centre in their marketing.
HM Treasury has made two very important announcements which have the potential to totally transform the crowdfunding market.
Gold has been one of the worst investments anyone could have made over the last four years. Fuelled by central bank buying and a weak dollar, the world’s oldest store of value rocketed after the crisis in 2008 as investors, fearing the end of the financial world as we knew it, reverted to real assets to protect their wealth.
Goodwood Revival sponsor and MRM client, Brewin Dolphin, was keen to get ahead of the competition and build up a community of revival enthusiasts on its Facebook page.
“I’m not that familiar with what ‘capital at risk’ means on adverts,” MRM Digital talks to Gen X about marketing in financial services.
I get asked the same thing on a regular basis. It is worded differently each time but essentially is:
“Can you direct me to a one-stop-shop for all things social media?”
When I get asked this question I feel overwhelmingly tired.