An interesting development is taking place in the financial services world. This development has been accelerated by the Retail Distribution […]

The regulator and tax man are both getting tougher with the pension fraudsters who offer a service designed to ‘liberate’ […]

Tuesday lunchtime and I spoke with some of our Irish IFA colleagues in Dublin about the impact the Retail Distribution […]

That was the conclusion drawn by MPs on the Treasury Committee, who launched a stinging attack on the Money Advice […]

The Independent ran an interesting article this weekend about the merits and risks associated with ‘crowdfunding’. It described three different […]

News that the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is set to review the standards for obtaining the corporate Chartered Financial Planners […]

Andrew is delivering a session to our local professional connections to explain how we are using blogs as a way […]

The onset of the global financial crisis has caused great harm to our economy, resulting in plummeting asset values, lost […]

Since launching this website in November 2009, was have written and published over 1,750 blogs on various personal finance topics. […]

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has today announced that it has declared 13 advisory firms “in default” and wants […]

When you are seeking independent financial advice, there really is no substitute for working with a Chartered Financial Planner. This […]

It was reported today by the Daily Mail that babysitting grandparents are effectively saving families some £7bn per year. Now […]

Complaints about regulated financial services firms have reached an average of 7,000 a day, according to new figures from the […]

In order to give advice to UK residents in respect of retail investment products, an individual must be approved by […]

This morning I visited my Dental Hygienist for the second of three half hour appointments scheduled for 2013. She is […]

New figures from the Personal Finance Society show a 25% increase in the number of firms of Chartered Financial Planners […]

According to Citywire, the Law Society is currently reviewing whether its members are allowed to make any client referrals to […]

Last week it was reported that the Government is against advisers applying “consultancy charging” to members joining an employer sponsored […]

The financial press are reporting today that Aegon is switching off trail commission on ‘inactive’ pension plans. Where there has […]

I spent a delightful day in Dublin on Thursday courtesy of Friends First, Ireland’s sixth largest insurance firm, who ran […]