Martin Bamford

This week Les Scadding and his wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding from Caerleon, South Wales, won £45.5m on the EuroMillions.

Confusion will reign among consumers if advisers are forced to divulge to clients the total expense ratio (TER) of their investments in mandatory disclosure documents, industry figures argue.

Checking the suitability of advice after it is delivered is akin to "putting the cart before the horse", IFA Nick Bamford says.

In an extract from their book 'Get the Adviser Advantage: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Retail Financial Services', Nick Bamford and Martin Bamford explain that while advice and products are currently packaged for remuneration purposes,...

In an extract from their book Get the Adviser Advantage: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Retail Financial Services, Informed Choice's Nick and Martin Bamford explain how to develop client-centric propositions.

You have nothing to fear from the Retail Distribution Review proposals. I promise.

Clients are in danger of spending up to a year in inappropriate investments should advisers rely on managed funds to maintain risk profiles, Informed Choice joint managing director Martin Bamford claims.

Many advisers are being forced to take second jobs to make ends meet amid the current market downturn, high-profile IFA Martin Bamford claims.

The recent Retail Distribution Review Interim Report sets out a compelling argument for the segmentation of advice and sales in the financial services sector.

I'm writing this blog as I sit next to the swimming pool, in glorious sunshine, on a holiday to South Africa . This introductory sentence is not designed to provoke jealousy in the reader, but to set the context of some things I wanted to write...