'Rip-off' financial advice: Are you guilty of any of THESE?

"Rip-off financial advice, intended to generate commission for the intermediary rather than gains for the investor, is becoming more - not less - widespread," the Telegraph writes, citing 'some experts'. Here are its ten tips for consumers to identify warning signs and avoid rip-off financial advice: Hello, stranger! If you are contacted by a financial adviser you dealt with in the past but who has not been in touch for more than a year, you might ask why he or she is so keen to do business now. Steve Wilson at Alan Steel Asset Management explained: "The chief executive of a major l...