European Central Bank On Standby

I hope the message from the European Central Bank that it is ‘on standby’ as quoted in the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22369765 does not lead to quantative easing in the Eurozone that we have seen in the UK. As I have written about before the...

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...