awards

Svenja Keller joined John Lamb Partnership in October 2008 in her first paraplanning role and just over a year later scooped the Paraplanner of the Year title at the Professional Adviser Awards 2010.

Peter Le Beau, co-author of the Protection Review and founder of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) received his MBE for services to insurance and to charity at a ceremony on 5 November.

Ivan Martin, executive chairman of the newly-merged Sesame Bankhall distribution giant, has picked up the industry personality of the year gong at Scottish Widows' annual IFA awards.

Angus Tulloch from First State and Neil Woodford from Invesco Perpetual were awarded the title of ‘Outstanding Investor' at the inaugural OBSR Honours for Excellence in Investment Dinner.

This prestigious accolade will be launched with the Professional Adviser Awards 2008. It will be a testament to advisers' dedication to keeping their clients abreast of financial issues.

Last month we held our 4th annual awards bash, which as always means an informal gathering of many of the great and the good from the protection industry for most of the day - and most of the night too for some!

Now the Online Finance Awards have been delivered and the various non-winners have retreated to lick their wounds, it is time to pause for some serious thoughts on what is required by way of web-improvements to keep the industry going in the right direction....

The bar for good online services has been raised yet again at the Seventh Annual Incisive Media Online Finance Awards 2006.

If you know the answer, can you drop me a line and will pass over the details to a couple of my colleagues?

The last week of my life has been dominated by technology discussions but it's been one which has also reinvigorated my interest in the web, in part because I've learned a huge amount from financial advisers about how technology can be used, as well as...