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Laura Miller

Laura Miller

Professional Adviser

A journalist since 2009, Laura is in her second stint as news editor of Professional Adviser, where she has worked for a number of years. She specialises in uncovering problems in retail finance, and has reported on some of the biggest failures in the investment world, including Keydata, Arch Cru and Harlequin Property.

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Individual Protection

Hudson: Fight for Holloway products not over yet

Paul Hudson, CEO of Cirencester Friendly, welcomes recent FSA proposals to exempt certain Holloway-style protection products from the RDR's fee-charging and professionalism rules, but insists there is still work to be done.

clock 20 January 2011 •

Your profession

Does Barclays' £7.7m fine spell trouble for the big boys?

Barclays tore up every TCF rule in the book to flog the two Aviva funds linked to today's record-breaking FSA fine. But shockingly, this is not an isolated case of negligent advice from major financial institutions and the big question is who will be next in the firing line?

clock 18 January 2011 •

Your profession

Barclays fined £7.7m for Aviva fund advice failings

The FSA has fined Barclays £7.7m, the highest imposed for retail failings, for poor investment advice linked to the sale of two Aviva funds, and has secured £60m in redress for customers.

clock 18 January 2011 •

Economics / Markets

Inflation jumps to 3.7% as commodity prices soar

Inflation edged closer towards 4% in December as the rising cost of food and oil products continued to hit the price of goods and services.

clock 18 January 2011 •

Your profession

Northern Rock seeks potential buyers - papers

Northern Rock will begin seeking out potential bidders today in the first tentative steps towards returning bailed-out banks to private ownership.

clock 18 January 2011 •

Investment

Goldman Sachs shuns BRICs for Wall Street - papers

Goldman Sachs, the US bank which first coined the term BRICS, has issued a short-term alert on China and India over inflation fears.

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Regulation

Hoban blocks TSC veto of CPMA chief

Mark Hoban has dismissed calls for a cross-party group of MPs to have the power of veto over who gets the top job at the powerful new Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA).

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Economics / Markets

Pru warns quick rate rise would be 'policy error'

The BoE risks making the UK's debt problem bigger if it raises rates above 0.5% in the near-term to tackle "one-off" inflationary pressures, says the head of portfolio management at Prudential.

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Offshore Investment

WikiLeaks to reveal names of $20trn offshore tax evaders

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pledged to reveal 2,000 individuals and companies guilty of some of the $20trn of offshore tax avoidance, after a Swiss whistleblower handed him a list today.

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Investment

Keydata review: 14 things we've learned

The Approved Judgement from the judicial review into the FSCS's decision to levy investment advisers for the costs of Keydata claims has been published. IFAonline has a copy and here are 14 things you should know...

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