The cost of advice will not increase
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford looks at the reasons why the cost of independent financial advice will not increase in 2013 as a result of the Retail Distribution Review.
Tough questions for Discretionary Fund Managers
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford spends an afternoon being filmed for Asset TV and posing tough questions to Discretionary Fund Managers.
Assessing investment suitability
Informed Choice executive director Nick Bamford writes about the FSA conference in London yesterday around assessing the suitability of investment risk.
Putting a price on financial advice
Informed Choice executive director Nick Bamford looks at the new paper on Adviser Charging from JP Morgan and explains why consumers always pay for financial advice.
Europe, sex discrimination & annuity rates
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford looks at the expected European ruling to equalise pension annuity rates for men and women on the basis of sex discrimination.
Can I use a SIPP to invest in an EIS?
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford responds to a client query about investing in an EIS using his SIPP.
Your New Year’s Financial Resolutions
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford shares his top financial resolutions for the New Year.
A sad night for the democratic process
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford shares his views on the House of Commons debate about the regulation of independent financial advisers this evening.
The Gold Standard of Independent Financial Advice
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford talks about why winning the Gold Standard for Independent Financial Advice is particularly timely during UK Financial Planning Week.
Call for radical pensions reform partly answered
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford revisits his blog from July about radical pensions change, in light of news that the government is considering a universal state pension.