Fishing may be seen as an idyllic activity to be enjoyed at leisure, especially in the heat that we have recently been enjoying, but its phonetically identically cousin, phishing, is leaving us all in real danger of being caught on indiscriminate hooks.
Cyber security is a growing concern for all firms across all industries at the moment, but financial services is the most targeted industry by cyber criminals. What does this mean for financial advice firms, and how can you keep your data and your clients safe?
You can earn CPD minutes while you watch this video on cyber security from Asset TV. Presented by Jenny Hammond, the video features panelists Stephen Bailey, Executive Principle Consultant at NCC Group and Rob Walton, Chief Operating Officer at Intelliflo.
When we sent out an email to all of our clients recently concerning MiFID II compliance, we received a number of responses. Many were keen to learn more about functionality that they can add to their practice management system in order to help with compliance. Some, however, were keen to point out that, since MiFID II is a European Union (EU) directive, that it will not be applicable to UK firms, owing to the UK’s democratic decision to leave the EU.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently released an update to its interpretation of MiFID II ahead of full implementation on 3 January 2018. In the financial advice space, the area that has caused most discussion surrounded the requirement to record all client conversations.
The decision by the FCA to consider incorporating the recording of advice calls with clients within its implementation of MiFID II has caused a lot of debate within the advice industry.
David Tiller, head of adviser and wealth manager propositions at Standard Life writes about the positive power of user feedback shaping the decision to maintain and invest in Elevate and Wrap, as distinct platform propostions.
On Thursday 24 November, four Intelliflo team members are going to brave a cold night outdoors in an effort to raise money for the homeless charity, Centrepoint – a noble cause to justify facing the harsh reality of a winter’s night on the streets of central London that befalls so many every day.
