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Suitably Sustainable?

Mark Bradley - September 22, 2022

In August it became a regulatory requirement for Irish financial advisers to assess sustainability preferences for their clients as part of initial and ongoing suitability assessments. This is being driven by the EU as part of their Sustainable Finance Action Plan.

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Celebrating six successful years in Ireland

PortfolioMetrix celebrates six years of operating in Ireland this month (a third of which has been...

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Consumer Duty: we’re all in it together

The FCA’s first consultation for their proposed Consumer Duty regulation, due to be introduced in...

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Navigating the labyrinth of investment fee charging

Back in 2018, the MiFID II directive looked like it would put an end to any confusion around what...

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Urgent need to check your client agreement…or get it checked for you

A recent article in Money Marketing highlights a subject that I know many advisers are rightly...

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FCA focus on ‘sustainable finance’ set to increase

Last week’s SRI Services online conference, held during ‘Good Money Week 2020’ put a spotlight on...

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ESG: how to get ready ahead of new regulations

New regulations are coming in 2021 that will require advisers and financial planners to evidence...

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Agent as Client…advisers putting themselves at unnecessary risk

Whenever I see articles that aim to explain the differences between Agent as Client vs Agent of the...

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The COVID19 conundrum – when do we start easing measures?

We understand the advantages of flattening the curve from a health care system perspective and have...

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A second PROD for advisers

We’ve had a good response to the news that we’re publishing a practical guide to PROD on the 11...

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No CIP makes PROD compliance even more tricky

A blog by Abbie Knight from Discus caught my eye recently. In it she covers Central Investment...

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The evolution of MPS…and the Spartacus effect

Last week I attended Platforum ID: the investment distribution conference which took place in...

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Agent as Client - is your firm at risk?

Who would have thought that two words could be the difference between a financial advice firm being...

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Automation and the dangers of one size fits all

“Stack them high, sell them cheap” was the business philosophy of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco...

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Is your CIP about to crumble?

Reading Mark Polson’s latest missive in Money Marketing, it seems that many advisers are treading a...

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Summertime and the living is…slightly uneasy

In spite of the lovely warm, sunny weather, the political and economic storm clouds are definitely...

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FCA acts on labelling disconnect

It’s been a bugbear for PortfolioMetrix for many years so we’re delighted the FCA has decided to...

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No ‘land of the free’ for advisers

In the week that Donald Trump is due to arrive in the UK (Friday 13th!), my thoughts naturally turn...

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Don’t sacrifice clients to win the compliance war

I was interested to read a Professional Adviser article where one adviser firm is considering...

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Agent as Client still causing confusion

I was interested to read a recent article by Alan Hughes in Money Marketing which highlighted the...

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Why it’s never wise to get caught with your hand in the fire

Do you ever remember using the excuse ‘but everyone else was doing it too’ when caught doing...

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Blame it on the KIDs

A blog by FinaMetrica, specialists in risk tolerance tools, caught my eye recently. It focuses on...

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MiFID II reporting and the 10 per cent rule

Navigating investment markets is tricky, and this is particularly true of the eerily quiet markets...

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Read the small print or risk a fine

Last week the Personal Finance Society (PFS) announced an addendum to their Good Practice Guide...

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