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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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Articles by Laura Miller

Retirement

Director disqualified for 12 years for £26m pension fraud

A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.

clock 20 November 2015 •

Regulation

HBOS report damns FSA for being 'too trusting'

A report into the collapse of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) has given a damning verdict on the then regulator's role in failing to spot or prevent the bank's failure.

clock 19 November 2015 •

Investment

Holy Grail found: The UK funds reliably rewarding long-term investors

Outperforming their peers year-in year-out

clock 19 November 2015 • 2 min read

Protection

Protection Watch: Kevin Carr's verdicts on five recent developments

Promising lead or back to the lab?

clock 18 November 2015 •

Regulation

Adviser faces court fight with lead generation firm

A financial adviser is poised for a legal showdown with a controversial lead generation firm employing a banned IFA, after he said it failed so dramatically to provide the advertised service it amounted to "deception and fraud".

clock 18 November 2015 •

Regulation

The rewards of white collar crime

Why would anyone commit a physical crime when non-physical crime is so much more rewarding?

clock 17 November 2015 •

Regulation

FCA fines and bans ex-Aviva Investors investment analyst

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a former investment analyst at Aviva Investors £139,000 and banned him from working in the financial services industry for failing to act with honesty and integrity.

clock 17 November 2015 •

Regulation

Rogue trader Nick Leeson launches risk management firm

The rogue trader who brought down Barings Bank is back with a new venture aimed at helping companies avoid the kind of risks his former employer failed to.

clock 16 November 2015 •

Regulation

Adviser win as FCA reacts to warnings with unregulated firm alert

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued an alert about an unregulated firm it suspects of providing services without authorisation, after it was warned about it by advisers and Professional Adviser.

clock 13 November 2015 •

Tax planning

HMRC to close 170 tax offices

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reportedly planning to close 170 regional tax offices in a bid to cut hundreds of millions of pounds from its budget.

clock 12 November 2015 •
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