The incoming Retail Distribution Review legislation puts an end to financial advisers earning commission on the products they sell to customers.
Not surprisingly, the banks, which have had no choice but to offer loans regardless of the financial background or earning potential of the borrower, are wriggling out of the scheme.
The authorities also want to halt the possible mis-selling of financial policies, where the adviser is more interested in the prospect of earning commission payments than the financial well-being of the customers.
And it helps women stabilize their financial situations, increasing their earning power and decreasing the gender pay gap.
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She manages the social calendars for 30 high-earning lawyers, doctors, financial analysts and entrepreneurs at any given time.
Fiduciary duty requires that institutions invest capital with the expectation of earning a competitive rate of financial return commensurate with risk.
That concentration in education seems to put people at a financial disadvantage for the rest of their income-earning lives.
Earning a college education is a big financial risk, not just to the students working toward the sheepskin, but often to their parents as well.
The pain will be sharpest in Moscow, whose economy has flourished largely thanks to the bubble in financial services and to at least 50, 000 high-earning foreigners, increasing numbers of whom are now heading home or contemplating new careers as consultants.
The majority of working women tell us they consider the opportunity to stay at home with their children to be a financial luxury, and more than a third resent their partners for not earning enough to make it a possibility.
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Their earning power is permanently affected and they are more likely to need financial support from government.
Mr Miliband said Labour would fund the reduced cap on tuition fees by scrapping the government's planned cut in corporation tax for financial services and increasing the interest rate on the loans of the highest-earning graduates.
He came to America as a student, eventually earning his MBA. He married, had two children, worked as a financial analyst and owned a house in suburban Connecticut.
The truth emerged in a meeting where partners learned some of their peers were earning 20 times more than others and that a third of the partners had financial guarantees.
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"Young people who have been made responsible for some of their own expenses learn early about the value of earning, as well as the decision to spend money, " says Kevin Meehan, a certified financial planner in Itasca, Ill.
Some casual observers might be surprised that an alternative investment manager would become interested in underwriting securities offerings and earning commissions, rather than the more lucrative carried interest that has become the Holy Grail for many financial professionals.
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