Martin Bamford

With the holiday season well and truly upon us, we ask advisers for their top book recommendations...

Sitanta Ni Mathghamhna looks at why risk management should be a top priority for advisers.

Chartered financial planner Martin Bamford says some clients may have been subjected to "poor advice" if they had been encouraged to realise gains ahead of today's lower-than-forecast CGT hike.

Should we be worrying about more important things than the indiscretions of financial advisers?

Advisers lacking specialist investment expertise should be "discouraged" from recommending funds of hedge funds and other alternative investments, despite the FSA unblocking access for retail clients.

In the first of a three part series for IFAonline, top advisers recommend investment strategies to put a child through private education.

The dangers posed to savers and investors by falling gilt values far outweigh the risk of rising inflation, according to Martin Bamford of Informed Choice.

Savers need to readdress their approach to private pensions in 2010 - a year in which the general election will shape the financial landscape, says Informed Choice.

Rocketing gold prices have not prompted advisers to up their allocations to the precious metal.

"Fantastic" and a "big surprise" is how advisers and multi-managers are describing the return to running money of Fidelity's iconic fund manager Anthony Bolton. But some offer a word of warning...