FSA warning on pension loan schemes
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to consumers about the dangers of pension loan schemes.
Market numbers: Friday 10th June 2011
Jun 12, 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,765.80, down 90.54 points or -1.55% on the day and down 89.21 points (-1.52%) over the week.
Planning to leave an inheritance
Jun 8, 2011
When we talk to clients about their goals in later life, the ability to leave an inheritance to their children or grandchildren often features on their ‘retirement wish list’.
Wage inflation & interest rates
Jun 7, 2011
New research from Incomes Data Services (IDS) has found that public sector pay settlements were running at zero in the three months to April 2011.
Sense check investment advice
Jun 7, 2011
Following a recent FSA seminar on investment advice, it has been suggested by the regulator that all investment recommendations are subjected to a “sense check”.
Market numbers: Friday 3rd June 2011
Jun 3, 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,855.01, up 7.09 points or +0.12% on the day and down 83.86 points (-1.41%) over the week.
The cost of advice will not increase
Jun 3, 2011
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.
Greece falls further into junk status
Jun 2, 2011
The ratings agency Moody’s has cut the sovereign credit rating of Greece by three notches, driving it further into junk status.
FSA platform paper delay
Jun 2, 2011
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is delaying the publication of its much anticipated paper on investment platforms until the third quarter of 2011.
Delivering independent advice to the mass market
Jun 1, 2011
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford was invited to present a webcast this morning for the Thought Leadership Live forum.
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