FinancialAdviser ISSUE 06 November 2008

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IFAs are bucking the complaints trend: Fos

As the credit crunch bites, the volume of complaints about insurance is increasing, while the number calling for compensation from an IFA is falling, the Financial Ombudsman has revealed.

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Friends keeps hope alive for sale of F&C

Friends Provident could still sell its 52 per cent stake in F&C Asset Management if the right offer was made, despite taking the decision to distribute shares to its stakeholders.


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Features

Let's get back to basics

An uneasy quiet may have descended upon many advisers' offices, but that does not mean you should be frightened for your livelihood, in fact there are many ways for you to improve business and you must start from the very beginning


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Obama: The much needed "novice"?

As the world composes itself from its Barack binge, the looming question which remains alongside popped corks, election balloons and the mandatory celebratory (or, for that matter, sorrow drowning) hangover, is whether the 47-year-old can restore economic stability to the American economy and for that matter the world?


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Coventry adds to mortgage range

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