17/11 08:20, Pensions Age
Waiting for some real answers
Article asking whether financial advisers are able to treat their customers fairly. Comment from Andy Cowan, Head of Private Client at Towry Law.
13/11 06:23, Pensions Age
Waiting for some real answers
The FSA's Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) initiative has left some financial advisers rather confused finds Peter...
...are." But not everyone is so convinced Andy Cowan at financial planners Towry Law argues that not only are many IFAs not currently meeting the requirements...
10/11 08:38, Yahoo! Finance
Trackers hold their own against active managers
Article on active and passive investments with comment from Andrew Wilson, head of investments at Towry Law. This article was originally featured in the Financial Times.
07/11 03:48, Yahoo Finance
Trackers hold their own against active managers
By Alice Ross Investors who opt for an actively-managed fund to gain exposure to equities may not be getting their money's worth, according to new...
...managed, according to the report. But Andrew Wilson, head of investment at Towry Law, the wealth manager, warns: "Active is incredibly difficult to...
10/11 08:36, Daily Telegraph
Corporate Bonds are especially attractive
Andrew Wilson, head of investments at Towry Law, comments on fixed interest investments within client portolios.
05/11 13:40, BBC
Andrew Fisher on Radio 4's Moneybox - 1 November 2008
Andrew Fisher, Chief Executive of Towry Law, is interviewed by presenter Paul Lewis and discusses how consumers can get truly independent financial advice. To listen to the interview click on the link under "Financial Advice" - the 5th feature on the page.
01/11 01:58, The Herald
Commission clampdown poser for City watchdog
The sales boom in investment bonds is raising questions about the Financial Services Authority's intended clampdown on high commission payments. The FSA will this month deliver its final proposals for outlawing commission and replacing it with "customer agreed remuneration", as well as preventing bank...
...FSA's review. Aegon was commenting on criticism by wealth adviser Towry Law, which has been campaigning for the scrapping of commissions. Andrew...
01/11 01:55, The Scotsman
The Commonsense Guide to Smart Investing: Don't pick managers, choose asset classes
INVESTING money should be a simple game, but a frequent lack of common sense makes it more complicated than it needs to be. The performance of an investment portfolio is determined by a combination of the mix of asset classes, the choice of investments within an asset class and...
...this being about 40 per cent of the total rise into the summer of 2004. Graeme Lind is a wealth adviser at Towry Law in Edinburgh Graeme...
30/10 14:51, Wealth-bulletin
Comment: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
"Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?" asked the Times in 1967, following a harsh judicial sentence on Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones for their possession of...
...take on the situation, Andrew Fisher, chief executive of financial adviser Towry Law, has just written a letter to the UK Government, saying...
24/10 03:04, Yahoo Finance
Matthew Vincent: Shaken, not stirred
The miseries lingered until the 1950s. The old certainties were gone. The financial system had to be torn up and recreated and it took time. It was painful and...
...withdrawals from these funds, clearly they don't. Andrew Fisher of Towry Law this week described with-profits bonds as "one of the most abhorrent...
16/10 12:55, Citywire
Towry Law opens charity trust to employees ideas
Towry Law has pledged to help the communities in which it works through a new programme that will also allow employees to help decide how the £1.3 million in its charitable trust should be...
...Towry Law opens charity trust to employee s ideas Towry Law has pledged to help the communities in which it works through a new programme that...
11/10 03:42, The Scotsman
Don't try to pick and choose fund managers, choosing the asset class is the key
INVESTING money should be a simple game, but a frequent lack of common sense makes it more complicated than it needs to be. The performance of an investment portfolio is determined by a combination of the mix of asset classes, the choice of investments within an asset class and...
...outcome, your investments have the best opportunity of meeting your financial objectives. Graeme Lind is a wealth adviser at Towry Law in Edinburgh.