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Financial advisers

July 2024

  • How to find and choose a financial adviser illustration

    Money hacks
    How to pick the best financial adviser for your needs

    Get three quotes, compare costs, and don’t be afraid to challenge fees

February 2024

  • Writer Carrie Sun, sitting on the arm of a sofa, next to a desk with a lamp and laptop on it, clutching a notebook

    I was a hedge fund billionaire’s PA. It nearly killed me

    It was sold to me as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – but as the demands increased, so did the personal costs

November 2023

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    The Audio Long Read
    The insider: how Michael Lewis got a backstage pass for the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried – podcast

    As author of The Big Short and Moneyball, Michael Lewis is perhaps the most celebrated journalist of his generation. His latest book delivers an astonishing portrait of the fallen crypto billionaire. But did he get too close?

October 2023

  • Ramit Sethi shot for OM

    ‘Why everyone should be able to live their rich life’: Ramit Sethi on taking the fear out of personal finance

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    The long read
    The insider: how Michael Lewis got a backstage pass for the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

March 2023

  • A couple listen to a financial adviser at home with a laptop

    Money coaches: the mentors who focus on financial health, not wealth

    A new breed of ‘personal trainer’ has a more user-friendly, holistic approach to how you spend

December 2022

  • HSBC branch exterior in City of London

    Bank branches ‘still vital’ as squeezed UK households seek cash and advice

    Quarter of consumers more likely to visit branches amid struggles with surging energy, food and housing costs

November 2021

  • Citizens Advice

    Debt advice shake-up in England could reduce face-to-face help

    Funding is increasing but most of it will go to call centres, with cash for local services halved

July 2021

  • Smoke and mirrors … Please Gamble Responsibly by Doug Fishbone.

    Would you pay £63 for a chicken? The artist who built a street to show house price madness

    When Doug Fishbone came across an abandoned apartment complex in Cork, he decided to recreate it in a gallery – to highlight everything that’s wrong with our property-fuelled financial system

January 2021

  • An almost-deserted Bank junction in the heart of the City of London on the first business day of the new year.

    Consumer finances at risk as 4,000 City firms face collapse in Covid crisis

    FCA poll of 23,000 firms expects many failures from first wave of outbreak of virus unless UK economy recovers

November 2020

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    The green bank went south; let's hope Sunak's new version succeeds

    Nils Pratley
    Can the government value the proposed national infrastructure bank – given the last one did make a profit before its sell-off?

April 2020

  • Jayne-Anne Gadhia]

    'Banks will behave better this time than during financial crisis'

    Former Virgin Money boss backs sector’s response to coronavirus as she launches Snoop finance app

November 2019

  • Sir Edward Troup

    Scrap tax relief used by Britain's richest, urges former HMRC head

    Sir Edward Troup calls for UK election victors to abolish entrepreneurs’ break which cuts capital gains tax to 10%

October 2019

  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Woodford fallout: full transparency for fund managers is a must

    Nils Pratley
    Over in the US, they’ve had full disclosure since 2004 and the system is surely cleaner
  • Gatwick airport

    Regulator acts after ‘illegal’ airport parking scheme collapses

    Investors were told paying £20,000 to acquire places at Gatwick and Glasgow would bring returns of 12%
  • Peter Hargreaves

    Observer business agenda
    Hargreaves Lansdown set for further grief over Woodford debacle

    AGM this week will be dominated by scrutiny of the firm’s links with the frozen investment fund, and the toll on its share price

February 2018

  • Stephen Collins on financial advice – cartoon

    The Stephen Collins cartoon
    Stephen Collins on financial advice – cartoon

  • Tata Steel workers at Port Talbot, Wales.

    Steelworkers let down by FCA and Pensions Regulator – MPs

June 2017

  • Someone holding a wallet with banknotes in it and some coins.

    Debt bubble returns millions to days of 2008 crash

    Advisers call for action as growing numbers struggle with their bills

March 2017

  • Patrick Collinson

    On reflection
    The death of the mortgage salesman is unfortunately premature

    Patrick Collinson
    Lenders now pay mortgage brokers ‘retention’ fees for simply rolling you over from one of their deals to another
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