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Informed Choice in the New Model Adviser Top 100
Informed Choice is pleased to feature prominently in the New Model Adviser Top 100 for 2012. Both Nick and Martin […]
Julia Docker
Sep 18, 20121 min read


Truly awful waste of money
If you have witnessed the cringe making TV advert for the Money Advice Service (MAS) then I would like to […]
Julia Docker
Sep 11, 20121 min read


Investors want a Chartered Financial Planner
New research from Skandia has found that investors place a higher value on Chartered status than on independence. The research […]
Julia Docker
Sep 10, 20121 min read


Does your IFA have a Statement of Professional Standing?
New figures published by Money Marketing show that five accredited professional bodies have issued nearly 13,000 statements of professional standing, […]
Julia Docker
Sep 7, 20122 min read


Friday funny: And it’s gone
I was watching an old episode of South Park last night, a twenty minute satirical exploration of the global financial […]
Julia Docker
Sep 7, 20121 min read


The incentives that cause bad advice
New Financial Services Authority (FSA) managing director Martin Wheatley is making the headlines with his commitment to tackle the commissions […]
Julia Docker
Sep 5, 20122 min read


To pay or not to pay
An IFA friend of mine has been here in the office this morning and we have been sharing a “best […]
Julia Docker
Sep 5, 20122 min read


Investments: Why boring is best
On four occasions this week when I have been presenting our wealth management proposition to clients and professional connections, I […]
Julia Docker
Aug 30, 20122 min read


The ‘vertical integration’ RDR loophole
With the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) being fully implemented on 31st December 2012, consumers of retail financial products should have […]
Julia Docker
Aug 27, 20122 min read


Time to blow out the fees myth
There is a myth that continues to circulate in the retail financial services sector that after 31st December 2012 UK […]
Julia Docker
Aug 24, 20122 min read


No more sex and violence
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is proposing that Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS) should no longer by promoted to the […]
Julia Docker
Aug 22, 20122 min read


Mis-selling is not the consequence of free banking
The new chairman of Barclays has claimed that mis-selling scandals are a consequence of free banking. We agree with the […]
Julia Docker
Aug 21, 20121 min read


Price vs Value
There is little doubt that there is downward pressure on price in the retail financial services sector. Most of us […]
Julia Docker
Aug 15, 20122 min read


Paying for financial advice
From 31st December, investors will have to pay an explicit fee for financial advice, as the commission being paid by […]
Julia Docker
Jul 30, 20122 min read


Protecting consumers from packaged accounts
Packaged accounts have become big business for the banks, with one in five of us now opting to have a […]
Julia Docker
Jul 30, 20121 min read


Fairer FSCS funding
Earlier this year we coordinated a day of action, presenting 1,421 signatures to Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban […]
Julia Docker
Jul 25, 20122 min read


Best Investment Adviser
We are very pleased to announce that Informed Choice has been shortlisted for Best Investment Adviser at the Good Advice […]
Julia Docker
Jul 23, 20121 min read


Open letter: Arch cru FSA consumer redress scheme consultation response
Cosmo Gibson Conduct Policy Division Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS 20th July 2012 […]
Julia Docker
Jul 20, 20125 min read


Retail investment products and independence
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are becoming an increasingly popular way for investors to access various investment markets. New research from […]
Julia Docker
Jul 20, 20121 min read


Paying for banking
Banking services have never really been ‘free’, although it is easy to see why many bank customers might have seen […]
Julia Docker
Jul 19, 20122 min read
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