Dominic Lindley

You can already hold Norwegian salmon derivatives and Spanish olive oil futures in your Isa. So why can’t you invest in shares of smaller companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market? (more about alternative investments...)

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Our Watchdog not Lapdog campaign called for the new financial regulator to be strong, open and proactive. Martin Wheatley must stick to his plans for tough action - even if it's unpopular with the bankers. (more about the FCA...)

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Every year the Chancellor delivers his Mansion House speech - the topic, the state of the British economy. It might sound heavy but bear with me as this year’s could offer some light relief from our financial worries. (more on the Chancellor's speech...)

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According to the future regulator responsible for the UK's financial stability, banks should stop offering so-called free current accounts if Britain wants to stamp out mis-selling scandals. But is he right? (more about 'free' bank accounts...)

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What do you associate with 1 May? Springtime? Maypoles? Flowers? Workers' rights? Well this year more than a million consumers will be marking May Day as the day their mortgage payments went up. (more about the mortgage price increases...)

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Are you interested in investing in stamps? Would an offer of ‘guaranteed’ 100% protection of your investment convince you to part with the cash? We were fearful it would so issued a complaint to the ASA. (more about our Stanley Gibbons complaint...)

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Halifax has announced a rise in its mortgage Standard Variable Rate (SVR) from 3.5% to 3.99%, affecting 850,000 customers. This is despite the Bank of England continuing to hold the base rate at a record low of 0.5%. (more about mortgage rate rises...)

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It’s the new year and in the run-up to the bank bonus season, major political parties are competing to crackdown on executive pay. So will the government's plans help shareholders get a fairer deal? (more about executive pay...)

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In perhaps the understatement of the year, the headlines about the FSA's report into the failure of RBS said that it was caused by 'multiple poor decisions'. So should bankers be held accountable when they fail? (more about bankers...)

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Not long ago I wrote about how RBS and Lloyds are punishing basic account holders by restricting access to free cash machines. Now they're being called upon to explain why, but will their excuses be good enough? (more about basic bank accounts...)

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We don’t think with-profits policies are a great investment, but there are still over 25 million of them in the UK, worth around £330 billion. But is the financial regulator doing enough to protect the policyholders? (more about with-profits policies...)

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If you have a basic bank account with RBS or Natwest, you'll soon find it a lot harder to withdraw cash as you won't be able to use rivals' machines. But why punish the customers who can afford it least? (more about RBS barring ATM use...)

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