Money Marketing
12 September 2007
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FSA troubleshooter quits to join lawyer
13 Sep 2007
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Review starts tests for generic advice
13 Sep 2007
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£4,000 up for grabs, marking Adviserzone's 10th birthday
18 Sep 2007
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100-fold increase of US sub prime impact on financial markets
18 Sep 2007
Alliance Trust says that the complicated chain of structured finance underpinning the $600bn US sub prime mortgage market means that the impact on financial markets could be up to 100 times the value of the original loans.
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8,000 advisers read JPMAM survival guide in first few weeks
12 Sep 2007
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A shaw thing
13 Sep 2007
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A weather eye
13 Sep 2007
Will the clouds over the market disperse or are we in for a storm?
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A&L moves to calm fears over sub-prime exposure
13 Sep 2007
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A&L, Paragon and B&B deny FSA is investigating their funding
17 Sep 2007
Alliance & Leicester, Bradford & Bingley and Paragon have denied the FSA is leading an investigation into their solvency following Northern Rock's funding crisis. But a source close to the FSA says the regulator is worried by the situation and is asking all banks to prove their funding is secure.
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A2O wants commission to stay as profits leap 40%
13 Sep 2007
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ABI returning to days when the big firms dominated
13 Sep 2007
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Aegon bolsters team
13 Sep 2007
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AIC introduces VCT sector classification system
14 Sep 2007
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Aifa says RDR comes down to core issue of independence
13 Sep 2007
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Altmann compares victims of final salary pension schemes to NR customers
18 Sep 2007
Pension consultant Ros Altmann claims that while the government is promising Northern Rock customers that their savings are protected, victims of collapsed final salary protection schemes are still fighting for their money.
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Amber Homeloans withdraws 95 per cent LTV near prime and self cert
18 Sep 2007
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AMI won't set notice period for repricing
13 Sep 2007
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Annuity key to boosting trust
13 Sep 2007
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As safe as houses?
13 Sep 2007
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As the FSA learns lessons from Northern Rock, could it be a case of responsible funding to match the FSA’s focus on responsible lending?
18 Sep 2007
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Assureweb clinches deal for Bankhall quote system
13 Sep 2007
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Away match with IFG for Barber
13 Sep 2007
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Axa announces with-profits bonus rates
12 Sep 2007
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Axa Framlington hands global fund to Tinker
17 Sep 2007
Axa Framlington has appointed Mark Tinker to manage the group’s £94m managed growth fund.
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Axa takes over ICAS International
13 Sep 2007
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Balancing act
13 Sep 2007
Following claims that balance-sheet lenders face becoming overexposed amid the sub-prime turmoil, Tanya Powley reports that other commentators are confident that there will be little need to tighten criteria
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Battle of the bonds
13 Sep 2007
Bringing bonds into the modern age raises a number of issues
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Big in America
13 Sep 2007
Chris Salih reports on the reaction to PSigma's US large-cap launch
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Black hole in advice universe universe
13 Sep 2007
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BlackRock claims open-ended easing cycle is key to increasing investor confidence
18 Sep 2007
The key to rebuilding shattered investor confidence would be for the Fed to indicate that the easing cycle could become open-ended if conditions in the credit markets do not stabilise, according to BlackRock.
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Blemain Group announces product changes
17 Sep 2007
Blemain Group has announced changes to its product plans, including maximum LTV reductions, effective immediately.
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Bond bid wins backing
13 Sep 2007
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Bonham Carter comments on Northern Rock saga
14 Sep 2007
Jupiter Asset Management chief executive Edward Bonham believes that Northern Rock’s differing business model has made them more vulnerable in the wake of the recent market volatility.
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Brits snap up foreign homes
13 Sep 2007
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Broker Talkback
13 Sep 2007
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Brown faces Brighton Northern Rock attack
17 Sep 2007
The LibDems wasted no time livening up a cold and dull Brighton morning with a stinging personal attack on Gordon Brown over the events at Northern Rock, suggesting it is a sign of worse to come.
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Bulldog spirit
13 Sep 2007
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Bupa revenue hits £2.1bn
18 Sep 2007
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Cameron supports BoE and FSA's action on Northern Rock but urges more transparency
18 Sep 2007
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Carby confirmed as new Openwork CEO
17 Sep 2007
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Chancellor to chair private meeting with BoE and FSA over Northern Rock
18 Sep 2007
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Child and Edwards join Vertex board
14 Sep 2007
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Clerical error over non-indemnity
13 Sep 2007
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CML stresses lenders are only facing funding issues not lending quality problems
14 Sep 2007
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Cofunds confident despite £11m loss
13 Sep 2007
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Credit crunch is "real opportunity" for long-term investors, says F&C
13 Sep 2007
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Credit crunch jitters prompt financials to slump
17 Sep 2007
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Crosby Capital Partners to take on Forsyth funds
18 Sep 2007
Crosby Capital Partners is to take over the management of Forsyth Partners 39-strong fund of funds range, subject to regulatory approval.
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Crunch points
13 Sep 2007
UK sub-prime lenders are battening down the hatches in the credit storm sweeping in from the US, reports Samantha Downes
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Darling issues warning over current lending practices
13 Sep 2007
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DB Mortgages to reduce range of near prime products
17 Sep 2007
DB Mortgages is withdrawing its higher arrangment fee near prime +, near prime and super light products at the close of business today.
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Depth of focus
13 Sep 2007
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Diversity pays for MPC convertibles
13 Sep 2007
MPC Investors says its global convertibles fund has seen a lot of support from multi-managers, particularly since management groups have been launching multi-asset and total return portfolios.
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Drake non-exec for delivery authority
13 Sep 2007
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Easier2Move links with MBL
17 Sep 2007
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Euro role for Parnaby at Standard
13 Sep 2007
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Euro stars
13 Sep 2007
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F&C appoints new Euro head
12 Sep 2007
F&C has appointed Paras Anand to the new position of head of European equities with overall responsibility for F&C's continental and pan European equities teams.
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F&C to join climate change parade
17 Sep 2007
F&C is following in the footsteps of Schroders and Jupiter with the launch of its own climate change vehicle.
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Federal reserve
13 Sep 2007
Troubled conditions did remain last week, not that it was too difficult to forecast the continuation of volatility in markets. Sentiment is fragile and it is hard to see confidence being restored soon.
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First UK victims shut by sub-prime crisis
13 Sep 2007
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Forsyth Partners Ltd goes into administration
13 Sep 2007
Forsyth Partners Ltd and Forsyth Partners (Europe) have both been placed under administration.
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FSA fines mortgage firm and chief over selling failures
13 Sep 2007
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Funds of hedge funds could face mauling if bear emerges
13 Sep 2007
S&P Fund Services says the biggest risk to funds of hedge funds is if the recent volatility turns into a bear market.
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Global domination
13 Sep 2007
Internationally diversified firms should emerge strongly from the turmoil
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Goodbye Aifa says Towry, hello Reeve says Pos Sol
14 Sep 2007
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Government is sending out mixed messages to pensioners over Northern Rock
18 Sep 2007
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Government pledges to guarantee all Northern Rock deposits
17 Sep 2007
The Government has pledged to guarantee all deposits held by Northern Rock customers in an attempt to stop the scenes of panic seen across the country since Friday.
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Government unveils £500m scheme to accelerate house supply
14 Sep 2007
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Grandfathering plan is rejected
13 Sep 2007
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Highly charged
13 Sep 2007
Our panel consider the FSA probe into multi-manager charges and whether fund firms can justify performance fees
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Hogg in sprint finish
13 Sep 2007
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Home & Capital buys equity release firm Hinton & Wild
13 Sep 2007
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IFP gets record nominations for board
17 Sep 2007
The Institute of Financial Planning has received a record number of nominations for the board this year.
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IFP supports Australian financial services roadshow
13 Sep 2007
Australian financial services information provider Dealers Group is to host a series of roadshows focusing on practice development for financial planners and IFA businesses.
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Iimia and Miton set to merge
13 Sep 2007
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Infinity Mortgages launches new packager Infocus Mortgage Company
12 Sep 2007
Infinity Mortgages has launched a new packaging company to the market under the name of Infocus Mortgage Company.
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Irrational thinking
13 Sep 2007
The term "irrational complacency" was coined by a New York Times columnist in the run up to the summer's credit market turmoil.
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It’s all good in the world of protection
18 Sep 2007
Amidst the doom and gloom surrounding the finance sector this week, the protection industry contributed some little rays of positivity.
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James Hay adds BlackRock ML UK absolute alpha
14 Sep 2007
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John Champion to leave Cheltenham & Gloucester at end of month
13 Sep 2007
Cheltenham & Gloucester has confirmed that intermediary sales director John Champion will be leaving at the end of the month after 20 years at the lender.
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Jory on panel for Labour conference
13 Sep 2007
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Kensington reduces adverse LTV to 75 per cent
18 Sep 2007
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Lawyer offers to help advisers in endowment mispricing case
13 Sep 2007
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Learning by experience
13 Sep 2007
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Lenders tighten up on non-conforming loans
13 Sep 2007
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LibDem conference: Fierce attack on Brown and regulators over Northern Rock
17 Sep 2007
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LibDem conference: Party votes to scrap higher rate pension tax relief
18 Sep 2007
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Libor leap to bring sub-prime shock
13 Sep 2007
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Lighthouse interims show 66 per cent profit increase
17 Sep 2007
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Link Lending secures extra £50m warehouse facility
12 Sep 2007
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Lord Cobham retires at S&W
13 Sep 2007
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Lord Hunt to investigate the rise of claim-chasers
13 Sep 2007
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Luckraft for SJP income fund
13 Sep 2007
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'Market conditions may prompt cut in base rate'
13 Sep 2007
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Marr says RDR fails to address key issues
13 Sep 2007
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McPhail blogs on for pensions
13 Sep 2007
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Morrisons stacks up for MacIver
13 Sep 2007
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Mortgage brokers say UK mortgage market remains wholly sound
14 Sep 2007
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Mortgages plc to increase rates
13 Sep 2007
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Mott bolsters financials focus
12 Sep 2007
PSigma income guru Bill Mott has raised the exposure to financials in his income fund to 35 per cent, claiming the sector now offers “outstandingly good value”.
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MPs support chartered status
13 Sep 2007
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New director and head of Isle of Man Finance
17 Sep 2007
Isle of Man Finance has announced the appointment of John Spellman as director and Head of Isle of Man Finance.
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New senior pensions consultant at BDO
13 Sep 2007
BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management has announced the appointment of Robert Kingston as a senior pensions consultant, to be based in the Midlands.
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No load on T Bailey best ideas
13 Sep 2007
T Bailey is waiving the initial charge on its forthcoming UK best ideas fund until the end of the year.
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Northern Rock and Alliance & Leicester shares rebound strongly
18 Sep 2007
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Northern Rock broker reaction - Monday morning
17 Sep 2007
Mortgage brokers are standing behind Northern Rock’s products and say they will continue to advise clients to take out a Northern Rock mortgage if it’s the right deal for them.
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Northern Rock chairman attempts to reassure customers
18 Sep 2007
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Northern Rock credit ratings hold after fall
18 Sep 2007
Global credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings says its downgrading of Northern Rock will not impact upon the ratings assigned to the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities issued from Northern Rock’s Granite master trust.
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Northern Rock encouraged by intermediary support
17 Sep 2007
Northern Rock sales director Mark Robson claims the company has received “overwhelmingly positive” feedback from its key intermediary contacts following assurances that the company remains fully operational.
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Northern Rock moves to reassure savers queuing outside branches
17 Sep 2007
Northern Rock has tried to reassure its customers that their savings are safe while thousands of savers continue to queue at branches to withdraw their savings from the troubled bank.
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Northern Rock says eight out of ten calls are to reinvest money in the bank
18 Sep 2007
Northern Rock says that its call centres are getting just 9 per cent of the calls they had yesterday in the first sign that the Government's pledge to guarantee all deposits held by Northern Rock customers has helped to allay the scenes of panic seen across the country since Friday.
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Northern Rock shares plummet as it seeks Bank of England emergency funding
14 Sep 2007
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Northern-no-need-to-panic-Rock
14 Sep 2007
The focus is once again back onto the UK’s third biggest mortgage lender - in terms of gross mortgage lending - Northern Rock.
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NS&I's savings products boom
18 Sep 2007
National Savings and Investments saw new funds in its savings products more than double over the weekend, following claims that all money invested with it is “100 per cent secure”.
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NU in protection distribution deal with the Post Office
13 Sep 2007
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Nutt admits going defensive too early
13 Sep 2007
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Nutt gives warning that this crunch is worse than LTCM
13 Sep 2007
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Only 100 responses to RDR
13 Sep 2007
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Open minded
13 Sep 2007
We need to shake up open market option rules to end consumer apathy
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Origo announces timeline for delivery of mortgage standards
12 Sep 2007
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Out of Context
12 Sep 2007
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Out on a limb
13 Sep 2007
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Outcry as FSA fights to keep Lautro 12 secret
13 Sep 2007
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Pearl hit for six by role reversal
12 Sep 2007
As the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup kicks off this week, Resolution and Friends Provident pulled off a masterstroke of their own by hitting potential rivals Pearl for six as they continue to fend off those bidding to derail the creation of Friends Financial plc.
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Pensions cannot escape the RDR
13 Sep 2007
As MM's regulation reporter was living the dream in Ibiza last week it fell to me to attend Osney Media's financial services distribution summit.
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Plan to succeed
13 Sep 2007
Some say that any change is an illusion and that the Groundhog Day effect is more common than we realise.
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Polar picks senior tech trust chief
13 Sep 2007
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Pos Sol conference: 112 Pos Sol partners take advantage of retention scheme
13 Sep 2007
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Pos Sol conference: Aifa attacks timing of FSA’s RDR research
14 Sep 2007
Aifa has attacked the FSA for spending its resources on retail distribution review market research now and not before the discussion paper was published.
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Pos Sol conference: Bullish Reeve says firm will beat banks and transform industry
13 Sep 2007
Incoming Positive Solutions chief executive Jim Reeve gave a bullish speech at the firm’s annual forum suggesting the banc assurance model will fail to serve the mass affluent market while Pos Sol will “transform this industry”.
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Private Health buys medical cover book
13 Sep 2007
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Protection plea
13 Sep 2007
Some advisers believe that the protection business will be brought under the constricts of the retail distribution review and are calling for pure protection to be ringfenced. Helen Pow reports
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Protection price cuts set to peter out after impetus from cash boost
13 Sep 2007
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Protection providers should spend ten times more educating consumers says Baigrie
13 Sep 2007
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PSigma set to tap into European income
13 Sep 2007
PSigma is to launch a European income fund under the management 2CG founders Charles Glasse and Chris Garsten.
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'RDR breaches human rights'
13 Sep 2007
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'RDR should be more radical'
13 Sep 2007
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Reaction from queues outside Rock
17 Sep 2007
Northern Rock branches have been inundated today with customers withdrawing their savings and closing accounts.
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Recession or no recession?
13 Sep 2007
Economic outlook Kevin Telfer, fixed-income product specialist at Aegon Asset Management, analyses whether the problems caused by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis will spark a slump and points to the investment areas which should produce good returns whatever the outcome
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Resolution new business rises 20 per cent
18 Sep 2007
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Resolution set for two Euro funds
13 Sep 2007
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Riders on the storm
13 Sep 2007
How to build shock absorbers into an investment portfolio
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Rising property prices in Europe are no longer a given, says Aberdeen
12 Sep 2007
Aberdeen Property Investors believes that the recent credit crunch will hasten the end of the current period of indiscriminate yield compression in Europe.
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Role reversal for Friends merger
13 Sep 2007
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Royal Liver plans new look for with-profits
13 Sep 2007
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Searle could join Knight at new lender
13 Sep 2007
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Shock treatment
13 Sep 2007
There is good news and bad news for the housing market. The good news is that – for the time being at least – it looks as though interest rates are not going to climb any higher although, admittedly, rates could still go up if the liquidity crisis continues and the rate at which banks borrow money remains high. The bad news is that, despite the good news, affordability has reached new lows.
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Sipp sirens
13 Sep 2007
Helen Monks assesses the massive shift in business since A-Day to self-invested personal pensions
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Skandia hits road on IHT and trust planning
12 Sep 2007
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SLI sees record first half profits
18 Sep 2007
Standard Life Investments has recorded its strongest first half sales figures with profits before tax up 43 per cent to £40m.
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SMEs reveal concerns over insufficient pension contributions
17 Sep 2007
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Some offshore bank accounts failing to pass on full ECB rate rise
13 Sep 2007
The gap between the average returns on Euro offshore savings accounts and the European Central Bank rate has widened to 0.70 per cent, according to Investec Bank.
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Stand out from the crowd
13 Sep 2007
Robust portfolio planning requires more than a broad fund choice
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Standard Life launches European Equity Ethical fund
12 Sep 2007
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Steve burnett
13 Sep 2007
Royal Liver's chief executive likes to hit the heights in the Highlands when he is not busy taking the company back to the high ground of life and pension business with a tough modernisation programme which he believes puts the firm on course for continued success and he explains why the Royal marriage never made it to the altar. Interview by Will Henley
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Stick your neck out
13 Sep 2007
As our recent survey of cross-party MPs shows, over 90 per cent of backbenchers think financial advisers should be qualified to chartered status.
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SWIP sets off musical chairs across multi-manager offerings
13 Sep 2007
SWIP has poached Cazenove’s five strong multi-manager team as it bids to widen its investment offering.
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Tax expert in move to Pru
13 Sep 2007
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Thames goes boutique shopping
13 Sep 2007
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The authorised version
13 Sep 2007
Probably one of the most contentious areas in relation to the retail distribution review is its effect on the number of advisers who will be able to class themselves as IFAs and, in turn, the effect that this may have on genuine independent advice for the mass market.
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The conflict conundrum
13 Sep 2007
Financial advice Jan Regnart, chief executive and David Baker, legal director, of wealth management company Wealthtime ask whether IFAs can ever really justify recommending Sipp and wrap firms in which they have a financial interest
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The real rate of return from 'high-interest' accounts
13 Sep 2007
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The transfer deadline
13 Sep 2007
Richard Leeson, head of international investment at Prudential, sets out in detail the changes in tax treatment involving trust transfers for IHT planning
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Thinc buys Kent adviser to extend regional reach
13 Sep 2007
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Threadneedle goes for more dynamic look
13 Sep 2007
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Threesixty annual conference in Dublin to focus on the RDR
12 Sep 2007
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Through a glass darkly
13 Sep 2007
Money Marketing would love to tell its readers that some clear choices are arising for advisers from the RDR but they are not yet.
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TMW launches point of sale offers from Monday
13 Sep 2007
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Top up the toolbox
13 Sep 2007
For many years, it has been accepted industry practice for life companies to provide specialist technical resources to advisers. There could now be serious implications, with the High Court ordering Scottish Equitable to compensate a client because its repre-sentative was present at the time when advice was given.
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Towergate gains chartered status
13 Sep 2007
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Towry chief says FSA should not restrict platform choice
13 Sep 2007
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Towry Law quits Aifa in RDR row
13 Sep 2007
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Trap door
13 Sep 2007
New rules are being proposed to deal with the issue of insurance contracts and disclosure
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'UK facing protection crisis'
13 Sep 2007
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US Fed must act now to avoid a recession, says ABN AMRO
13 Sep 2007
ABN AMRO Bank’s chief economist Joost van Leenders claims there’s no longer any question of whether the US Federal Reserve will cut rates, but rather by how much.
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Vaughan to run UK smaller firms fund
13 Sep 2007
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VIEW POINTS
13 Sep 2007
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Wanless report questions future of healthcare
12 Sep 2007
A major report into the NHS has questioned the long-term viability of the healthcare service.
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Wastcoat steps back in Fidelity restructure
13 Sep 2007
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We need a review of misregulation
13 Sep 2007
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Wild at heart
13 Sep 2007
Cut! The FSA is in danger of producing a turkey with its script for the RDR
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Zurich and HSBC grow hybrids
13 Sep 2007
