Opinion

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (Aifa) has called for the structure, processes and charges of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to be given a radical overhaul. What do you think of such an idea, and what do you think of the Hunt...

Nick Dewhirst looks back at the collapse of the Austrian banking system in the 1920s to see what lessons can be applied to today's banking crisis

I came across a new management "buzz phrase" the other day. You know the sort of phrase I mean? "We need to touch base offline in order to think outside the box so that we can pick off some low hanging fruit and take a blue-sky approach."

It has been such a hectic start to 2008 as I have spent a lot of time travelling around the country talking to IFAs, and it has taken me until now - half way through February - to write my first blog for IFAonline this year.

Have you ever wondered what life would have been like 10 years ago if you'd known what you know now? New information constantly comes our way that we filter, process, interpret, attach meaning to and occasionally act upon. Sometimes that new information...