The CII's Rebecca Prestage discusses the examination options available to advisers.

Successful portfolio construction is not just about diversification. It is also about understanding the role each asset has to play in helping the investor achieve their ultimate goals.

In our second Suffolk Life Research Centre project we gauge investor appetite for gold within SIPPs and ask how this asset can be accessed?

Vince Smith-Hughes looks at the various ways saving for retirement is changing in line with Conservative/Lib Dem plans

Pensions minister Steve Webb has announced the coalition Government will take a look at auto-enrolment and the delivery of NEST. What would you like to see come out of this review?

Mike Morrison discusses the key pension milestones in the industry over the last 20 years.

With the deadline for compliance with the RDR a mere 30 months away, how ready are financial advice businesses for the changes it brings?

With the BP crisis and a slowing UK economy further compounding an already delicate situation, investors are nervous.

There is now a good case for using structured products as part of a portfolio, writes Ian Lowes, managing director of Lowes Financial Management and founder of StructuredProductReview.com

Barney Hatt talks to Alan Thein, co-manager of L&G's multi-manager range, about his chosen strategy for the three portfolios