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Reluctant regulation The row over the Keydata liability claims looks set to expose one of the weaknesses in the present regulatory paradigm – the regulation...

Regulation May 17, 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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Advisers, not the FSA, should be spreading the RDR word Education on rules will serve little purpose, but focusing on the finer points of regulation could reap rewards.

IFA Industry May 17, 2012

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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Shareholder spring was long overdue This year’s so-called shareholder spring, where investors in listed UK firms have risen up against underperforming executives, is long...

Investments May 14, 2012

Nick Rice

Editor, Investment Adviser

Nick is the editor of Investment Adviser. He was news editor and deputy editor of Fund Strategy before rejoining Investment Adviser in November. He has written about investments for a number of FT publications.

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Jumping through RDR hoops will help fix IFA reputation RDR may not be a perfect solution, but you will achieve nothing by denying there is a problem in the first place.

Regulation Apr 20, 2012

Jon Cudby

Editor, Money Management

Jon is editor of Money Management and has 12 years' experience covering retail personal finance. In 2005, Jon was launch editor of FTAdviser and most recently he was head of online content for Incisive Media's financial services titles.

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Opinion

Investor impatience reflects disaffection with fund managers Investors used to be told that they must invest for up to 10 years - now we must wonder whether either horizon is long enough.

May 23, 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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Opinion

Time to rebuild the public’s trust in financial services Advisers and managers need to find ways of bringing confidence back into the industry.

IFA Industry May 21, 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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James Bateman

James is Financial Adviser's Oracle columnist and is head of manager selection of Fidelity's Investment Solutions Group.
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Are we too focused on eurozone crisis?

The mantra ‘don’t forget about the 90 per cent’ should be used to remind fund managers to not spend too much time at the margins of their clients’...

Investments May 23, 2012

Philip Coggan

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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Frustration grows at lack of near-term action

It seems current political and economic action is avoiding following through – for now

May 21, 2012

Dennis Hall

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.
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The importance of plain English

This week I committed what, in our firm, we consider is a cardinal sin, which was a reminder that I cannot afford to take anything for granted.

IFA Industry May 23, 2012

Simon Lovegrove

Simon is a financial services know-how lawyer at Norton Rose. He has been a columnist at Financial Adviser since 2006.
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Questions remain over FCA approach to future Arch Cru

Recently concerns have been raised regarding the proposed Financial Conduct Authority’s approach to prudential regulation.

Regulation May 16, 2012

RDR indecision

By Melanie Tringham

What recourse for the vulnerable?

By Hal Austin

Payday lenders are moving in with a vengeance on bank lending, in particular overdrafts, and already the do-gooders are up in arms at this intrusion.

Are active funds getting a bad name?

By Jenny Lowe

Research in this edition of Investment Adviser names and shames ‘closet trackers’.

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Kevin O'Donnell

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.
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Public sector pensions are the envy of the sector

Regardless of whether public pensions should be completely or partially reformed, they continue to serve as reminders of the high standards all...

Pensions May 16, 2012

Jeff Prestridge

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.
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FSA rules and FSCS levies threaten to strangle advisers

IFAs are concerned about the strangling regulation of the FSA and FSCS levies that are likely to be imposed.

May 23, 2012

Philip Ryley

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.
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Remaining advisers must pay for others’ insolvency

At the end of April, the FSA launched CP12/9, a three-month consultation on establishing a consumer redress scheme, estimated at delivering more...

May 23, 2012
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