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Cash poor, unpopular and without a director-general, AIFA members are beginning to call for radical measures to rescue the organisation.
Counterparty risk, charges and complexity have conspired to give structured products a bad name, but there are signs advisers are turning to them once again.
Banning trail commission on fund switches – as the FSA hinted it may do – goes against the spirit of treating customers fairly, advisers say.
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A quarter of advisory businesses have not yet reviewed their client propositions with the retail distribution review (RDR) in mind, research suggests.
With the average age of EIS investors falling, are more people finally waking up to the products’ tax benefits?
Some words commonly used in financial services have become synonymous with wrongdoing but, in most cases, describe fair and, often, essential practices.
Martin Tilley of Dentons Pensions Management looks at whether clients meeting the minimum income requirement should automatically apply for flexible drawdown.
BDO director of risk and regulation Alex Ellerton wonders whether the FSA wants trail commission to cease on a fund switch.
Paul Stanfield, CEO of FEIFA, outlines the key considerations for advisory firms considering passporting their businesses back into the UK from another EU state.
Head of multi-asset investments at Rathbones David Coombs explains why it may be time to nudge your clients back into risk assets...
Joanna Faith asks industry experts what they think the next 12 months has in store for the global macro picture.
Bad news sells. It is a phrase all-too-familiar with journalists who may have heard it from their reader critics, and perhaps from their editors. It’s true of course, the phrase. In most cases, a bulletin led by a negative news piece will garner more attention than one which does not.
It’s been another busy (and in some instances raucous) year in financial services. While it’s been a positive 12 months in many respects for advisers, the regulator has again come in for criticism...
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