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Comment and debate on the big issues facing the financial intermediary community from FTAdviser.com - the trusted source for Financial Advisers

May 17, 2013

SJP exit sparks gossip, longstop campaign begins afresh

Week in brief: Two significant departures set tongues wagging this week for completely different reasons.

May 15, 2013

Runner fends off concrete cows

An adviser for Cambridgeshire-based Beacon Wealth Management is recovering this week after completing a gruelling marathon around the mean streets...... read more

More joined-up thinking needed over AE

Do we actually know what kind of effect the roll-out it will have on the wider economy?

May 10, 2013

Momentum gathers behind new style of platform cost bundling

Week in Brief: Platform rules continue to spark fresh debate and the start of a fightback on pension liberation.

Lifetime allowance penalises high-earning pension savers

While the government herds low-earners toward saving, wealthier individuals will blindly fall into tax trap

May 09, 2013

You’re on your own

May 03, 2013

Platform fallout continues, interest-only worries abate

Week in Brief: Platform paper fallout, a small sigh of interest-only relief and margin hikes hit low-value investors.

Apr 26, 2013

Five things I learned from the FCA platform paper

The bit of this paper that struck me the most was hidden right in the back past the arcane annexes.

Apr 25, 2013

Supply needs to outstrip demand for mortgage scheme to work

The Bank of England yesterday announced that it would be extending its Funding for Lending scheme for businesses and households until 2015, and has...... read more

Apr 24, 2013

Hargreaves: You don’t need my £2 per month

Low-cost trackers are a joke if a huge platform adds extra charges for access

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