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Rob Sinclair: The agenda for a new Ami
Rob Sinclair says the new Ami faces a number of challenges in the next few months.
Chris Davies: The power of relationship capital
Chris Davies says the Towry/Raymond James judgment supports the power of personal client relationships.
Lakey: Insurers must stop using activity-based definitions
Alan Lakey says insurers must end their use of the “dubious claims criteria”.
How does a regulator decide when profits are unfair?
Former Consumer Panel chairman John Howard on the dilemmas facing the FCA over new product banning powers.
Tom Baigrie: Wheatley's chance to end 25 years of bad regulation
Tom Baigrie says Martin Wheatley must act quickly to end 25 years of poor regulation.
Cicutti: No reason IFAs can't build up scale
Nic Cicutti says IFA firms should look to train college students in a bid to improve their business and the wider industry.
MM Podcast: Tax efficiency or tax avoidance?
New Economics Foundation and International Financial Centres Forum go head to head on offshore centres and tax.
MM leader: Aifa needs to step up to the mark
Ami’s decision to break away from Aifa means another senior and valuable staff member is leaving the adviser trade body.
The angry view from a closed-life call centre
Call centre worker has a few things to get off his chest about IFA professionalism.
Hogarth: We will soon know the winners and losers of the RDR
Paul Hogarth says we will know who is likely to survive once the RDR deadline arrives.
Martin Werth: Reality has struck the protection market
Martin Werth says people have finally realised the importance of having protection cover.
Billy Burrows: Sensationalist media is harming pension savers
You can hardly turn on the TV or pick up a paper without being bombarded with stories about the woes of the annuity market.
Dampier: My latest meeting with Neil Woodford
Mark Dampier says investors can trust Neil Woodford to steer them through difficult times.
Ian McKenna: How prepared is Cofunds for RDR?
As part of a regular series, Ian McKenna looks at how the platform is getting ready for RDR.
No signs of efficiency in FSA budget
Aifa policy director Chris Hannant highlights a lack of accountability.
Charging transparency: the case for an FSCS product levy
An overhaul of the compensation system to remove the hidden charges ultimately borne by clients.
Paul Farrow: ABI should not dismiss damning NAPF report
The date of the RDR draws ever closer, yet you get the impression that the regulator still has not thought it through.
MM Leader: Foolish to ignore calls for cost clarity
It would wrong to dismiss the demands for increased transparency.
MM Leader
MM Leader: Foolish to ignore calls for cost clarity
It would wrong to dismiss the demands for increased transparency.
Editor's View
Charging transparency: the case for an FSCS product levy
An overhaul of the compensation system to remove the hidden charges ultimately borne by clients.
Nic Cicutti
Cicutti: No reason IFAs can't build up scale
Nic Cicutti says IFA firms should look to train college students in a bid to improve their business and the wider industry.
Brian Tora
Is a fund manager's job redundant in these markets?
Brian Tora says the price to be paid for years of over-consumption could be a lost decade of returns.
Robert Reid
Rob Reid: What is the value of the independence tag?
We need to rename execution-only as “no advice”.
Alan Lakey
Danby Bloch
Time to embed change in your business for continuous improvement
Welcome to Viewpoint. Our aim is for this to be a really useful column for practising IFAs. Every other week the column will range over the many different aspects of being an IFA and running an IFA business and come up with some practical ideas
