Key points for December: Permanent and temporary appointments both increase at sharper rates Candidate availability tightens further Pay growth remains marked Faster growth of staff appointments The number of people placed in permanent jobs increased further in November. The rate of growth was marked, having accelerated to the sharpest since April. Higher placements were recorded at around 38% of panellists, compared with approximately 27% that noted a decline….
The Week in Numbers £5m – Potential annual increase in advisers’ FSCS levies if the FCA pushes ahead with plans to expand the scheme 13% – Fall in assets under management at Aberdeen following outflows from the group’s flagship emerging markets equity funds £16m – Paper loss made by Neil Woodford on investment in Northwest Biotherapeutics. Woodford has called for an ex-FBI agent to be appointed as non-executive director 3%…
The Week in Numbers 5 – Number of organisations that should merge to become a single trade body, according to a review chaired by former Ofcom chief Ed Richards. The list includes the CML and the BBA £3.7m – Amount in Hargreaves Lansdown shares sold by investment marketing director Ian Hunter 99 – Number of companies that have defaulted on their debt this year, according to Standard & Poor’s….
The Week in Numbers – 17th November 24% – Proportion of calls not answered by HMRC staff. MPs have criticised the tax office’s performance calling it “completely unacceptable” £500 – Amount each new employer using The People’s Pensions for auto-enrolment will be charged in 2016 9 – Number of insurers on the Financial Stability Board’s “Too big to fail” list. Dutch insurer Aegon replaced Generali last week 400 – Number…
The Week in Numbers – 3rd November 2015 44% – Year-on-year rise in pension investment inflows reported by St James’s Place in the third quarter , from £430m to £620m 0.5% – Growth in UK GDP in the third quarter, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics £15.4m – Redress that payday lender Dollar Financial UK will pay to over 147,000 customers after reaching an agreement with…
The Week in Numbers 34% – Year on year rise in SIPP claims reported by the Financial Ombudsman Service, from 210 in Q3 2014 to 281 in the same quarter this year 10 Years – Length of SIPP administration deal agreed between Curtise Banks and Zurich 100 – Number of Sanlam Wealth Planning employees whose jobs are under threat after the firm placed its Rhyl and Worcester offices under…
The Week in Numbers – 13th Oct 2015 6 – Number of former brokers standing trial at Southwark Crown Court facing charges of Libor rigging 80% – Proportion of cash lump-sum withdrawals since pension freedoms made by savers under 65, according to the ABI £35K – Funds pledged by the CISI to promote financial planning following its merger with the IFP £3.5m – Cash injection secured by adviser reviews…
51% – Proportion of people who do not know if their provider levies charges for managing their pension pot. 0% – CPI inflation in August, down from 0.1% in July according to the Office for National Statistics 80% – Proportion of investment houses that publish out-of-date fund data, research by fintech company Instinct Studios shows 5.2% – House price growth in the year to July 2015, down from 5.7%…
Growth of staff appointments falls further… Although permanent placements continued to rise in August, the rate of growth eased further, hitting a 27-month low. …restricted by skill shortages The availability of candidates for permanent roles fell further in August, with the rate of decline accelerating to the sharpest for a year. Salary growth remains strong… Starting salaries for people placed in permanent roles continued to increase in August. The rate…
The Week in Numbers – 14th September 50% – Rise in protection sales reported by LV= in the first half of the year. Total life sales hit £869m, with profits of £12m £8bn – Size of Jupiter’s Merlin fund range. Jupiter’s John Chatfield-Roberts has stepped down as CIO to focus on managing the funds 2.83% – Average interest rate on gross mortgage advances in Q2, the lowest figure on…
