Are Financial Adviser Numbers Falling? – Hot Topics Q&A

Tweet Q. I have read in the press that the number of Financial Advisers was set to fall when the new rules on professionalism and fees came in this January. Has this actually happened, and if so why? A. This was indeed widely predicted, and yes in practice if you look at the latest figures from [...]

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You Can’t Bank On These Advisers

Tweet Q. Having inherited a sizeable sum of money, I was considering investing some of it into the stockmarket. My Bank offered a free meeting with one of their advisers, who showed me various graphs showing that this was a good idea over, say, 5 years or more, and recommended their Bond.    I was quite comfortable with this, [...]

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Investing – When Boring Is Good! – Hot Topics Q & A

Tweet Q. Over the years I have used various financial advisers. A lot of the time they call me with a new idea on investing that involves putting money into an ’exciting new product’. I have had my fingers burned on this sort of thing before, but still find the ideas interesting as they sound so good when an [...]

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Drip, drip, drip. Will It Never End?! – Graeme Urwin

Tweet It seems to go on and on doesnt it? The M.P.’s expenses thing I mean. Detail after detail comes out, and then some more, and then some more after that. I then noticed that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) who oversee financial planners like ourselves, have awarded themselves £33m in pay rises and bonuses. [...]

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