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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.

Spreading the word

The protection insurance industry has done a great job cleaning up its act. Now it’s time to spread the word to the public.

Feb 26, 2015

  1. Feb 11, 2015

    Pensions clock ticking

    With voters soon going to the polls and pension freedoms looming, financial planners have their work cut out.

  2. Jan 28, 2015

    Pensioner bonds are great but what about the rest of us?

    Higher rates only highlight the abysmally low interest on other savings products

  3. Regulation| Jan 14, 2015

    The Arch Cru scandal still festers

    The Arch Cru failed funds case of nearly five years ago has still not been satisfactorily settled, and investors still await full repayment

  4. Dec 10, 2014

    A shameful case for FSCS

    FSCS has been spectacularly incompetent in an least one Arch Cru compensation claim.

  5. Investments| Nov 26, 2014

    I’ll take investment nous over cheaper charges any day

    I would rather invest with a manager that delivers the goods than one that plays by the latest rules around charging transparency and clarity.

  6. Nov 12, 2014

    Family values rescuing the protection message

    There is a ‘yawning gap’ in income protection, but the Seven Families campaign hopes to change this.

  7. Regulation| Oct 30, 2014

    Financial services is being slowly choked to death

    For those that it is designed to help, getting to grips with financial services should not involve frustration, bureaucracy and tears.

  8. Oct 15, 2014

    A Tory return to No. 10

    From a personal finance perspective only, and based on what we know so far about party electoral commitments, IFAs are likely to vote Conservative

  9. Oct 01, 2014

    The good, the bad and the ugly

    Top-notch service from Barclays, worrying complaints by Lloyds/Halifax branch staff and a seriously ugly annuities mailout from Aviva has been my...

  10. Sep 17, 2014

    It takes two to tango

    The country will soon undergo a pensions revolution, a clear opportunity for IFAs to show their true worth, but are providers dragging their feet?

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