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
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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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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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Adviser trade body calls on govt to save pension dashboard
Adviser trade body Pimfa has called on the government to go forward with the pensions dashboard as rumours swirl that ministers are considering abandoning the idea. Pimfa’s call comes after reports claim work and pensions secretary Esther McVey believes that the pensions dashboard would be a distraction to rolling out universal credit and so should […]
Spending, pensions and retirement: MAS in numbers
The Money Advice Service will soon be superseded by a new public financial guidance body, rolling it into Pension Wise and The Pensions Advisory Service. Money Marketing looks at some of the key stats for the organisation ahead of the transition.
Is a fund better off with a sole manager or a team?
The year so far has been full of manager and senior staff moves. Earlier this month, eight senior staff at Standard Life Aberdeen left to go to Aviva Investors, to join former Standard Life Investments equities head David Cumming. With moves like this in mind, is a management team or sole manager the better choice? […]
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