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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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Pensions

Women hitting state pension age before April 2016 can get 20% boost if they defer

By combining Budget reforms with existing rules which reward savers who delay taking their State pension, eligible women can boost their payout by up to tens of thousands of pounds over a lifetime.

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Mortgages

Bank of Scotland unfairly double billed customers says judge

Bank of Scotland has been unfairly double billing customers who fell behind on their mortgages, a High Court judge in Belfast has ruled.

clock 20 August 2014 •

Regulation

Standard Chartered to pay $300m penalty to US regulator

Standard Chartered has agreed to pay $300m (£180m) to New York's top banking regulator for failing to improve money laundering controls.

clock 20 August 2014 •

Regulation

FCA ban of ex-mortgage adviser fraudster upheld

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned a former mortgage adviser and insurance broker from working in the financial services industry after finding he had committed a string of offences including fraud.

clock 19 August 2014 •

Regulation

Financial adviser who preyed on the bereaved jailed for £85k theft

A financial adviser has been jailed for five years for stealing a total of £85,000 from his victims in a theft campaign targeting the elderly and the recently bereaved.

clock 19 August 2014 •

Investment

Revealed: Harlequin boss misleads investors about FSCS support for troubled trust

Harlequin chairman David Ames is misleading investors into thinking the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) backs a controversial trust he is trying to use to rescue his troubled overseas property scheme - a claim the FSCS denies - information...

clock 14 August 2014 •

Tax Planning

AIM shares in ISAs: The impact of the rule change one year on

AIM shares in ISAs: The impact of the rule change one year on

clock 14 August 2014 • 4 min read

Pensions

Aegon UK earnings jump but auto-enrolment charge cap cost of up to £25m a year looms

Aegon UK has said that it estimates the charge caps for auto-enrolment business will cost it between £20m to £25m a year, as it reported a 30% rise in pre-tax earnings for the second quarter.

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Regulation

Govt can sue French bank over 'mis-selling' to Northern Rock

The government has been told it can sue French banking giant Societe Generale for allegedly mis-selling financial products to Northern Rock that were partly to blame for UK lender's collapse.

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Equities

Neil Woodford could be set for windfall from AIM-listed tech firm

Neil Woodford's St James's Place fund is in line for a rapid windfall from one of its investments after Daisy Group said its chief executive was plotting a £500m bid for the company.

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