Cookery and gardening writers are more highly valued by their pub-lishers than personal finance writers, according to research by Stupidio.
It claims personal finance journalists sel-dom use their own knowledge, whereas cookery or travel writers relay their gut feelings. Shame on Stupidio – you don’t think we feel the same experience of, say, driving a Ferrari when writing about inheitance tax planning. Believe me, the ex-hilaration of baking a Rhubarb Fool cake doesn’t compare with writing about a new self-cert mortgage. Happy April Fool’s Day to all at Headline Money.View more on these topicsNews
F&C offers guide to CTFs
F&C Asset Management has published a guide to child trust funds.
Rathbones back in for Rensburg
Rathbones has re-entered the battle for Rensburg following last week’s reverse takeover bid by Investec’s private-client subsidiary Carr Sheppards Crosthwaite.
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Do you think putting IFAs on television like the Jackson brothers will encourage Britons to save more?
Burns-Anderson extends support to non-members
Burns-Anderson Direct is to offer its support services to the wider IFA market.
Artemis’ Mark Tyndall looks at the crystal ball
Most investors are better off than they were 12 months ago despite the summer’s volatility. Will next year bring the (delayed) global slowdown? Artemis’ senior partner weighs up the factors.
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FCA asks payday lenders to review compensation handling
The FCA has written to payday lenders and urged them to review their lending activity to see if their creditworthiness assessments are compliant. In a letter addressed to chief executives, it sets out how the watchdog expects payday lenders to handle issues linked to the increase of complaints about unaffordable lending. If deficiencies are found […]
Pension tax cuts cost 125,000 savers relief
Around 125,000 savers lost out when the annual allowance limit was cut from £50,000 to £40,000 in the 2014/15 tax year, according to government documents. Royal London policy director and former pensions minister Steve Webb pointed to the findings this morning in an archived government note as the firm launched a new policy paper on […]
Why the delay on annual protection statements?
I wonder how many client conversations come to an impasse when the subject of their existing cover is discussed. All too frequently, we find clients have little knowledge of their employment benefit package. Death in service, critical illness cover and sick pay benefit periods may have been discussed during the recruitment process and will be […]
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