Age-Net is delighted to have Martin Bamford join us with his monthly
syndicated column. Martin is one of the country's leading Independent
Financial Advisers and director of Award-wining IFA Informed Choice.
After graduating with honours in Business Administration, Martin discovered
financial planning and was awarded a directorship of Informed Choice
in 2002.
Highly qualified, Martin is an Associate of the Personal
Finance Society and an Associate of the Institute of Financial Planning.
And at just 27 years old Martin already holds the Advanced Financial
Planning Certificate from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
Martin is no stranger to the media, and is a regular columnist
for Professional Adviser and resident contributor on IFAonline.co.uk.
He has also been quoted in the national press, including The Observer,
The Telegraph, The Times and The Independent and is a regular guest
on the Anna Raeburn show on London's LBC Radio 97.3FM.
Martin is also the author of the highly acclaimed "The
Money Tree" which was chosen as WH Smith's Business Book of the
Month in October 2006.
His quality of service and reputation is recognised nationwide
and Martin was named one of the top 50 most influential IFA's in Britain
by Professional Adviser in 2006 and has been nominated as IFA Personality
of the year at the Professional Adviser Awards 2007.
Martin can provide advice on wide range of personal finance
issues including retirement planning, investment, protection, mortgages,
care fees planning, pensions, estate planning, divorce and trustee investments,
as well as industry comment on trends and government legislation.