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Does it make a difference to the client how an adviser fee is charged? Dave Miller, head of portal at Avelo, says it does. And he's got the figures to prove it...
Campbell Harrison managing director Alex Campbell wonders why, if clients are turned off by the prospect of hourly charging, advisers would consider charging for initial consultations...
ING Investment Management senior emerging markets strategist Maarten-Jan Bakkum reckons the tough time emerging markets have had lately is set to continue.
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With great power comes great responsibility. Rowanmoor’s Mark Lisle urges the FCA’s Martin Wheatley to use it wisely.
The Financial Services Authority, now the Financial Conduct Authority, has issued a total of 22 final notices and four decision notices in relation to unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) failures since December 2010.
AXA Wealth International head of proposition Simon Willoughby looks at what football teaches us about tax fairness.
SEI Investment Management Unit head of investment solutions Andrea Hohlachoff looks at advisers' increasing use of discretionary fund managers and asks what are clients really getting or their money?
Opportunity knocks Ed Dymott on why he thinks auto-enrolment is a game changer for the public, and advisers.
IHT Planning Matters head Peter Legg talks about the current political motivation to clamp down on tax avoidance and what implications it could have for the planning of inheritance tax.
With the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) long-awaited announcement on how platforms will be paid for, and whether rebates can be paid to consumers, a line has finally been drawn.
With restrictions on annual pension contributions being cut from £50,000 to £40,000 and the lifetime limit on savings qualifying for tax reliefs dropping from £1.5m to £1.25m for the 2014-15 tax year, retirement planning for high net worth individuals has never been more challenging.
In his first column for Professional Adviser and IFAonline.co.uk, Panacea Adviser CEO Derek Bradley calls for plain speaking and common sense from the new financial services regulator.
Divisional director of financial services at market research company GfK, Martin Grimwood, argues that servicing the mass market may mean advisers have to accept providers contacting their clients directly.
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