Quantative Easing & Income Drawdown

After reading the following article I am very concerned about the impact on those baby boomers coming up for retirement in the near future. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20781001 Another round of quantative easing will depress gilt rates artificially low and...

Google To Shake Up Mortgage Broking

Google has shaken up many industries and the mortgage broking industry might be next. With their website purchase they might become a huge player in the market if it comes top of Google’s searches for a series of mortgage related terms. As an IFA and Mortgage Broker...

Equitable Life & Pensions

I was pleased to read that the Government has extended its deadline for claims for compensation for those people caught out by the Equitable Life failure. The pensions industry has been rocked with a number of problems and it is important that some of them are put...

Mortgage Brokers & Fraudulent Buy to Let Applications

I was pleased to read the following article. http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/mortgages/precise-mortgages-takes-action-against-fake-b2l-applications/1074729.article Precise mortgages are right to exclude mortgage brokers that have either mis-represented buy-to-let...

Payment Protection Insurance and FSA Investigations

The following article is very interesting on why people in the insurance industry which includes independent financial advisors are disciplined http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/supplements/careers-brief/cii-takes-action-over-cpd-failings/1069190.article One matter...

The US Dollar As The Global Reserve Currency

The following article is a fascinating read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24486685 I wonder if such deals will materially affect the value of the US Dollar in the future and end the Dollar as the Global reserve currency. Investors looking for international...