Consumer protection & product intervention
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford comments on FSA proposals to more actively regulate complex financial products.
GDP falls by 0.5% in Q4 2010
Jan 25, 2011
The latest economic figures, published this morning, show that the UK economy fell by 0.5% in the last three months of 2010.
Too much risk in ‘cautious’ funds
Jan 24, 2011
A new report by consumer group Which? has highlighted the amount of risk taken by ‘cautious’ managed funds.
With Profits & MVR-free dates
Jan 24, 2011
New research from Skandia has found that around £5bn of funds in With Profits Bonds could have a Market Value Reduction (MVR) free date this year.
Market numbers: Friday 21st January 2011
Jan 21, 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,896.25, up 28.34 points or +0.48% on the day and down 105.82 points (-1.76%) over the week.
Protection for your savings & investments
Jan 21, 2011
We comment on the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, after the latest interim levy of £326m announced to pay for the failures of Keydata Investment Services and others.
The new IFA professionalism rules
Jan 20, 2011
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford summarises the FSA policy statement about professional standards and the Retail Distribution Review.
Selling homes to pay for care
Jan 19, 2011
New research from Dickinson Dees has found that almost half of people expect to have to sell their homes to pay for the cost of long-term care in older age.
Raising standards of professionalism
Jan 19, 2011
The latest update from the Personal Finance Society (PFS) shows fantastic progress towards higher standards of professionalism.
Barclays and the £7.7m FSA fine for investment failings
Jan 18, 2011
Barclays has been fined a record £7.7m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for investment advice failings and ordered to compensate customers with a further £60m.
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