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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.

Resolve long-stop

What is the logical reason why the City regulator is refusing carte blanche to offer financial advisers a longstop?

May 15, 2013

  1. May 09, 2013

    Benefits grabbers

    Two weeks ago, work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith made a fairly reasonable suggestion that, in these hard times, well-off people should...

  2. May 01, 2013

    Lack of evidence to support interest-only hysteria

    It is remarkable how some people can see the future, with no evidence, no pleas for help from borrowers.

  3. Your Industry| Apr 24, 2013

    TCF means prioritising integrity and courtesy

    Treating customers fairly means that firms need to put the consumer at the heart of business by adhering to ethical standards.

  4. Feb 27, 2013

    Fos is not fit for purpose

    Fos has come under fire for seeming to make up its own rules, professionalism of assessors and being dismissive about complaints.

  5. Dec 13, 2012

    Bully-boy regulation

    The difficulties facing first-time buyers has been exacerbated by backward-looking regulatory intervention that has diminished the free market

  6. Hal AustinonOpinion| Oct 31, 2012

    On this rock

    The FSA’s long-awaited final rules governing the provision of, and advice relating to, mortgages has now been published.

  7. Oct 25, 2012

    Exclusion zone

  8. Oct 08, 2012

    On the road to repair

  9. Sep 20, 2012

    Technology has opened up a can of worms for the City

    Glitches that recently hit UK banks highlight vulnerability of the systems used by financial services.

  10. Your Industry| Sep 05, 2012

    Knowledgeably wealthy

    The City regulator is keeping a beady eye on the way wealth managers operate, looking specifically at outcomes and firms’ systems and controls.

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