Scoop: M&G has put its £15bn adviser platform up for sale, only three years after buying it from Royal London, with Nicola Blackburn citywire.com/new-model-advi…

What has happened to True Potential’s 8% offers? They were previously heavily marketed, now seem to have gone silent... citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Given it's become a hotbed of pro-Putin conspiracy theorists - Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald... amplified by Elon Musk (its owner) - I'm going to leave this place for the foreseeable

Pretty generous from the FCA here: 'It is worth reminding ourselves that we have been given an extra day to implement the closed product aspects of the Duty, as it is a Leap Year.'

top story from Laura Purkess

FCA tells advice CEOs to improve retirement service after thematic review citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Interesting numbers in this RBC analyst note - estimates 19% of SJP clients affected by ongoing service review (circa 150,000 clients). Compares to FCA finding 2.9% of clients not getting an annual review at 231 advice firms this week citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Top first Citywire scoop from Julian Bovill Law firm behind 19k SJP ongoing advice claims charging 48% - as its a law firm not CMC it sidesteps FCA fee cap citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Interesting, and I think good, idea from Steven Cameron here. One idea I had was why not set the state pension as the same level as the personal allowance - no tax due on it and would help mutualise fairness btw generations citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Nice and transparent for True Potential to kick me and other Citywire journalists out of their annual results presentation....

Absolutely top story from Julian Bovill Labour shadow pensions minister resigns after just seven months citywire.com/new-model-advi…

Laura Kunnseberg also thinks the postal votes are not looking good for Labour

Another good story from Julian. Not really sure how this happened but its not good for anyone

wow

Depressing fact I realised yesterday, I am six months older than Joe Root. Not sure I am catching his career Test runs now

When and where are the protests being organised against Trump and Musk's support for Putin and attacks on Ukraine?

I don't need to look at his feed to know that Glenn Greenwald has been spouting absolutely bile over the past few days. One thing I'm sure he is not posting about is the US govt pushing for regime change in Ukraine (something he has spent years attacking the US for in other regions)

Top Friday scoop from Julian Bovill - Govt won't scrap cash ISAs, minister says Paul Lewis citywire.com/new-model-advi…