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Threats from the open market

Story by: David.Pawsey, Financial Adviser

Living Time’s Offer More Options campaign has come on leaps and bounds in the last few months with a 1000 IFAs backing it.

• Time published: 12:16
• Date published: 02.07.2009
• Published in: Pensions

It’s all up to the consumers

The FSA has been warned that yet again that it is failing in its duty to consumers. The warning, from the Financial Services Consumer Panel, is a response to the FSA's discussion paper, Consumer Responsibility.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Reading glasses

The Adam Smith Institute published a paper by Tim Ambler and Keith Boyfield entitled Regulatory Myopia – A Response to FSA DP09/2.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Appearances matter

Why is the chancellor, obviously pressured by Treasury mandarins, allowing himself to be used in an old turf war with the Bank of England, and at the same time allowing an obviously dysfunctional and potentially dangerous regulatory framework to get on the statute books?

• Date published: 02.07.2009

More layers than an onion

I did an illustration for the purposes of this article with a number of providers. I used offshore/onshore and unit trusts/collectives. It is astounding the approaches that are taken.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

Best and brightest

Here is an idea. You are familiar with the talk about fat-cat bankers and the huge salaries and benefits they enjoy, and the counter-argument that if we in Britain want to attract the best and brightest we have to be competitive with the US.

• Date published: 02.07.2009

What to learn from the financial affairs of Michael Jackson

What is the lesson we can learn from the financial affairs of Michael Jackson - other than that superstars always end up spending beyond their means just before they go supernova?

• Date published: 01.07.2009

RDR and the Holy Grail

The RDR report - the one which says ‘This is really what is happening’ - has finally landed. While the full remit, and repercussions are being discussed elsewhere on FTAdviser.com - an initial look at it makes interesting reading.

• Date published: 25.06.2009

Logic has no brakes for sentiment

What an interesting time we are living through. It is the bottom, is it not? Well for the average mortgage adviser, it is probably going to be a more interesting end to the year than last year, if the last few months are anything to go by.

• Date published: 25.06.2009

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater

My friends at the FSA have received another ear-bashing from the Financial Services Consumer Panel.

• Date published: 25.06.2009