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Janet Walford OBE: Email from Santa Janet Walford gets a personal reply from Father Christmas explaining why her festive wishes for the financial services industry cannot be ...

Dec 14, 2011

Janet Walford OBE

Editor, Money Management

Janet has been editor of Money Management since 1986. Winner of 17 awards, she writes on all aspects of personal finance, but specialises in pensions.

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Rightly knighted Sir Fred Goodwin behaved with not a single bit of remorse or humility after the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland, and with utmost ...

Jan 26, 2012

Hal Austin

Editor, Financial Adviser

Hal is editor of Financial Adviser and has been for more than a decade. He has previously worked on a number of local and national publications.

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Mas muddies the water over definition of ‘advice’ While the RDR will prompt a spurious redefinition of ‘independence’, now even the term ‘advice’ seems to be confused.

IFA Industry 10:07

Ashley Wassall

Editor, FTAdviser

Ashley is editor of FTAdviser and writes on all areas of retail finance. Previously supplements editor at Money Management and editor of a European private equity publication.

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Managers need RDR disaster plan With the RDR deadline looming, it’s sensible for fund groups to prepare for all possibilities

Regulation Feb 06, 2012

John Lappin

Columnist, Investment Adviser

John is a weekly contributor to Investment Adviser with 15 years’ experience in financial journalism and 10 years writing on the IFA sector. He was formerly editor of an IFA trade magazine.

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Tony Hazell: Why is government pensions reform stalling? Logic of moving to a new single-tier pension is irrefutable, but it stands in danger of being kicked into the political long grass.

Pensions Feb 02, 2012

Tony Hazell

Columnist, Financial Adviser

Tony is a freelance financial journalist, having been editor of Money Mail at the Daily Mail for a number of years. He has been writing a column in Financial Adviser since 2005.

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Will 2012 be emerging markets’ year? Last year turned out to be disappointing for emerging markets. Will this one be different?

Feb 06, 2012

Philip Coggan

Columnist, Investment Adviser

Philip is a weekly contributor to Investment Adviser and capital markets editor and Buttonwood columnist for the Economist. Previously worked for 20 years at the Financial Times.

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James is editor of Money Mail at the Daily Mail. He has been a journalist at Money Mail for several years and was previously a reporter at Financial Adviser.
Simon is a financial services know-how lawyer at Norton Rose. He has been a columnist at Financial Adviser since 2006.

Simon Lovegrove: Moving towards a single EU guidebook

In December last year, the chairman of the European Banking Authority, Andrea Enria, gave a speech on the move towards the Single European Rulebook.

Regulation Jan 26, 2012
Dennis has been managing director of Yellowtail Financial Planning since he launched the firm 5 years ago. Here he shares his experiences of running a small financial planning firm.

Masterclass on referrals

This week I have had my head buried deep in a book about referrals. There cannot be many advisers who have not at some time or another thought about ...

Feb 02, 2012
Andrew is an investment commentator at Fidelity International with 15 years experience. He writes macro and investment commentary for Fidelity's customers and their advisers.

Outlook on economy gives investors déjà vu

The state of public finances in the UK, across continental Europe and the US paints an unclear economic picture.

Feb 02, 2012

Let’s take Sir Fred’s swimming certificate too

The shredding of Fred Goodwin’s knighthood makes me think - why stop there? Shouldn’t he have his academic qualifications stripped too?

Is index-linking worth it?

If inflation continues to fall and the market picks up, linking to an index may not be the success story it was last year.

Are ethical investments good?

Long derided for generating poor returns, ethical investments have a small following. But is it really just about making a profit?

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Kevin is group editor of financial media company Portfolio Publishing and a former editor of Financial Adviser. He has been writing about financial services for more than 20 years.

Kevin O’Donnell: FSA fear over long-term trail legacy

The FSA wants to ensure that the risk of receiving legacy commission, however small it might be, is not seen as a back-door method of continuing to ...

IFA Industry Jan 26, 2012
Jeff has been personal finance editor of the Mail on Sunday for a number of years. He writes on a range of subjects and has been a columnist at Financial Adviser since 2004.

Jeff Prestridge: Dysfunctional annuities are biggest scandal

The benefits of the open market option for pension annuities are clear cut but the finance industry continues to grapple with it.

Pensions Feb 02, 2012
Philip is a financial services solicitor and head of Michelmores’ financial services and markets practice. He has contributed to Financial Adviser’s regulation column since 2006.

Philip Ryley: An eye on Difs

Last month, the FSA published proposed updates to its factsheets relating to distributor influenced funds.

IFA Industry Jan 12, 2012
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