Robert and the team at Syndaxi are regularly asked to comment and/or provide technical support for personal finance articles.
What follows is a selection of those articles published over the last few years.
Date
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Publication
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Topic
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04/03/2015 |
This is Money |
My wife has been diagnosed with a brain tumour, what should I do with her pension pots? - click here |
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03/04/2014 |
Mindful Money |
"Don't annuitise yet if you can afford not to" say top advisers - at least until new rules are clear - click here |
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21/11/2013 |
Telegraph |
A question of retirement planning - click here |
03/11/2013 |
Telegraph |
Pensions crisis? Only if you are middle aged - click here |
24/09/2013 |
Mindful Money |
Worried about your old workplace pension scheme? Ask your pension company “how does our scheme stack up?” - click here |
18/08/2013 |
Telegraph |
I lost £150,000 due to Nineties pension sales frenzy - click here |
15/08/2013 |
Money Marketing |
Origen Chief says firm is not tied despite wording in Aegon results - click here |
15/08/2013 |
Money Marketing |
Friends Life in Virgin Money protection tie-up as UL+K profits fall 6% - click here |
14/08/2013 |
FT Adviser |
Arguing your way to good advice - click here |
08/08/2013 |
Money Marketing |
Pensions regulator investigates 89 firms over auto-enrolment non-compliance - click here |
28/07/2013 |
Enfield Independent |
Finance director from Enfield takes home biggest prize - click here |
24/07/2013 |
Money Marketing |
Robert Reid wins CII Bridgewater award - click here |
24/07/2013 |
New Model Adviser |
Commission ban shows unit-linked guarantees in a new light - click here |
24/07/2013 |
Mail |
We must free the millions stuck in the pensions graveyard while their savings are being sucked dry - click here |
18/07/2013 |
Money Marketing |
Advisers could face auto enrolment commission hit - click here |
18/07/2013 |
Money Marketing |
Axa UK Drops PWC as auditor - click here |
08/03/2013 |
New Model Adviser |
Structured Products : Advisers divided over scrutiny of DFM portfolios - click here |
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17/9/2012 |
FT Adviser |
RDR Could break industry bonds - click here |
10/8/2012 |
New Model Adviser |
Life in the fast lane: The twists and turns of two successful careers - click here |
27/7/2012 |
MoneyMarketing |
Standard Life Revamps offshore bond ahead of RDR - click here |
26/7/2012 |
MoneyMarketing |
Scottish Widows corporate pensions director John Taylor quits - click here |
19/7/2012 |
MoneyMarketing |
Webb: Public sector pensions deal will exclude contracting-out - click here |
18/7/2012 |
Mail |
Pensioners face shock insurance hikes - click here |
14/7/2012 |
Mail |
Why taking your pension tax free lump sum could leave you £1000 worse off - click here |
12/7/2012 |
MoneyMarketing |
DWP clarifies auto-enrolment charges - click here |
12/7/2012 |
MoneyMarketing |
New HMRC guidance clarifies adviser charging rules - click here |
21/6/2012 |
MoneyMarketing |
Passport to The New World - click here |
16/6/2012 |
Telegraph |
Let’s make pensions as desirable as a new iPad - click here |
1/3/2012 |
FT Adviser |
Syndaxi boss derides FSA Fixation on fees - click here |
28/2/2012 |
FT Adviser |
The taxman will call and IFAs must be ready - click here |
23/2/2012 |
New Model Adviser |
FSA warns advisers of Mifid impact on execution-only rules - click here |
22/2/2012 |
Mail |
Savings safety net alert - £60m could go up in smoke if there is another banking crisis - click here |
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15/12/2011 |
Mail |
So can you trust your employer to tall the truth? A pension offer you can refuse - click here |
14/12/2011 |
Mail |
Salesman allowed dying man to sign away £500,000 on a pension that would never pay out - click here |
9/11/2011 |
Mail |
Millions face pensions shortfalls on wildly exaggerated official forecasts as 4% growth becomes the norm - click here |
9/11/2011 |
Mail |
How to combine your pension pots – and why it makes sense - click here |
1/11/2011 |
Mail |
Raw deal on celebrity backed funeral plans - click here |
25/10/2011 |
FT Adviser |
GPP exit charge loophole contravenes RDR - click here |
29/9/2011 |
FT |
Tax warning for defined benefit members - click here |
22/9/2011 |
FT Adviser |
Retirement needs multi-product solution - click here |
10/9/2011 |
FT |
Warning over unregulated products - click here |
11/9/2011 |
FT |
Warning over get rich quick scheme - click here |
18/8/2011 |
Telegraph |
Millions tempted into dropping final salary pensions for cash - click here |
14/6/2011 |
New Model Adviser |
IFAs express concern over adviser charging tax pitfalls - click here |
23/5/2011 |
Mail |
Thousands robbed of pensions nest egg: workers misled into giving up gold plated schemes - click here |
23/5/2011 |
Mail |
Workers cynically bribed into bad pensions - click here |
1/4/2011 |
FT |
Performance fees may trigger exodus - click here |
1/4/2011 |
FT |
The hidden costs of portfolio turnover - click here |
23/3/2011 |
FT |
Estates that donate attract lower IHT - click here |
23/2/2011 |
Mail |
£52bn hole in the savings safety net means saver’s cash is at risk - click here |
23/2/2011 |
Mail |
Savers Warned on FTSE Bonds Black Hole - click here |
16/2/2011 |
New Model Adviser |
Reid warns FSA over Sipp Ucis loophole - click here |
1/2/2011 |
New Model Adviser |
Pensions advisers need more maths, says Reid - click here |
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17/12/10 |
Mail |
Firms push staff to end final salary pensions - click here |
14/7/2010 |
Mail |
Final salary pensions dead in a decade - click here |
20/01/2010 |
BBC On line |
Standard Life Sterling Fund - click here |
17/01/2010 |
Sunday Times |
Offshore pensions:are they in line for next crackdown - click here |
06/01/2010 |
Daily Mail |
Equitable Life- click here |
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09/12/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Savers losing faith in their pensions
- click here |
30/09/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Barclays refusing to compensate for nest egg losses
- click here |
03/09/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Aviva swindle pensioner out of £2000 on Child Plan
- click here |
22/07/2009 |
Daily Mail |
91-year-old wins £200k after being misled by Barclays - click here |
09/07/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
Retirement Planning conference - click here |
14/06/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
Record numbers of advisers applying for RDR exams - click here |
11/06/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
IFA career path should include volunteering - click here |
10/06/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Savers being forced into high-charge investments - click here |
01/05/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Investors lose savings to poor advice from Barclays - click here |
18/04/2009 |
Daily Mail |
RBS pension contribution charges taking 75% of savings - click here |
25/03/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Deflation - click here |
05/03/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
Terry Wogan - banking expert - click here |
10/02/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Norwich Union blows away more than a million promised windfall - click here |
27/01/2009 |
Daily Mail |
100k investors find Standard Life invested their money in risk - click here |
26/11/2009 |
Daily Mail |
More than 1.6m left in financial mess after pensions take a dive - click here |
16/10/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
Stepping down as PFS president - click here |
09/10/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
Scottish Widows' Lifetime Achievement Award - click here |
28/08/2009 |
Daily Mail |
Savers despair over poor returns on plunging with-profits - click here |
07/08/2009 |
Financial Adviser |
PFS President having trouble finding right people to hire - click here |
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05/06/2008 |
Financial Adviser |
PFS celebrate new graduates - click here |
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