Freedom of Information requests by the LibDems have revealed the cost of police pensions has soared by 50 per cent from £1.3bn in 2004/05 to £2bn in 2008/09.
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Buxton’s alpha mater
Richard Buxton’s Schroder UK alpha plus fund remains one of the market’s most popular products, run as a focused portfolio of the manager’s highest conviction ideas. He joined the group in 2001 and has managed the fund since launch a year later, before which he had an 11-year stint running UK equity money at Barings. […]
Leading questions
Hargreaves Lansdown is not a typical adviser business but the company feels that its approach to the retirement market has set it up to be a leading firm in the sector for many years to come. With a client bank split 90 per cent self-service to 10 per cent advised clients, Hargreaves Lansdown says its […]
Baigrie and ABI link up to promote protection
Lifesearch managing director Tom Baigrie is working with the Association of British Insurers on its new drive to help raise consumer awareness of protection needs. ABI protection strategy committee chairman and Aviva protection director Richard Verdin says Baigrie, who spearheaded the consumer protection and insurance engagement campaign, has agreed to help steer the work stream […]
Out of Context
“It is like chasing the soap in the bath. You think you have just about got it and it slips away.”Which? Future of Banking Commission panel member Philip Augar on finding a solution to the banking crisis. “I’m struggling up the street with a bottle of Bollinger.”Syndaxi’s Robert Reid “Anti-money-laundering is my speciality, mainly because […]
A modern horror story
Every day a quick scan of the news reveals some new horror that will change the lives of those involved forever – the unlucky accident on the way to work, a tragic illness that cuts a young life short or the holiday accident that leaves more than just a scar to cope with. We barely […]
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SJP plans 10-day blackout for replatforming
Advice giant St James’s Place will block access to its investment platform for 10 days while it migrates services to a new provider. SJP tells Money Marketing that the work will affect online service ability for clients between 19 October and 29 October. A spokesman says: “SJP will carry out essential maintenance to our systems as part […]
Can advisers really beat the market downturn?
This summer saw the S&P 500 rule headlines for enjoying the longest-running bull market in history. Yet, as per the old adage, what goes up inevitably comes down, and it is the job of advisers to manage clients’ portfolios accordingly – either directly or via the third-party investment services they use. A crude assumption might […]
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Tom Hegarty: Should paraplanners be Level 4 qualified?
There is currently no minimum qualification level, but the majority of advisers think this needs to change The role of the paraplanner is a relatively new one and its definition and responsibilities can differ hugely between firms. According to the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, the role can be broken down into four key […]