Nick Bamford

Fifth this year

'Adding pressure'

A proposed £110m redress scheme for Arch Cru investors could "irreparably" damage firms forced to pay for the failures of others through the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the regulator has been warned.

Nick Bamford, executive director at Informed Choice, has made a short video outlining five mistakes he believes his company made as it prepared for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

While the thought of their children joining the family business leaves some advisers shuddering, others have encouraged their offspring to follow in their footsteps. What would you do?

Informed Choice chief executive Nick Bamford and chief executive of the Institute of Financial Planning Nick Cann give their verdict on yesterday's Financial Services Authority meeting on the future of regulation.

As the Institute of Financial Planning hosted its first ever Paraplanner conference this week, Rahul Odedra took a closer look at how the adviser/paraplanner relationship works at IFA Informed Choice...

Positive news for consumers or 'inane meddling'? We round up the best Tweets on today's ECJ ruling...

The FSCS, FOS and the regulatory environment in general are essential, but something is going "badly wrong" with the system, says Informed Choice executive director Nick Bamford.

Spurred by criticism of its pro-RDR mantra, Surrey-based adviser firm Informed Choice invited advisers to spend the day with the company to learn how it operates. MD Martin Bamford outlines how the day went...