Professional Adviser runs a 250-strong panel of financial advisers and each week we ask the panel a topical question on a major industry issue.

The retirement arena is complicated and not without its fair share of jargon. The Retirement Planner jargon buster aims to explain the facts behind these terms and will be updated on a regular basis.

At some point in life, most people will have come across a mole that has caused them to worry. Often, these are harmless but what are the effects of a malignant melanoma? Anne Llewellyn explains

The Investment Management Association (IMA) is calling on the FSA to investigate what it calls weaknesses with default arrangements in cash equity markets "as a matter of urgency".

Almost three-quarters of adults over the age of 45 have hypercholesterolaemia - raised cholesterol - and it is one of the major causes of heart disease. Lisa Fuller explores the condition

There are various types of abnormal heart rhythms, some more serious and permanent than others. Joanne Braham explains the condition and its underwriring implications

Arrived here safely five years ago. Climate usually very pleasant, but weather at present as bad as ...

Like the rest of the world, the Far East is experiencing some fallout from the global credit crunch.

Hi, my name is Jonathan Goodman and I am the Spectrum IFA Group's development director for Spain, based in Barcelona. We have a team of 20 advisers working from five offices around the country; as well as Barcelona, we are in Madrid, the Costa Blanca,...

Islamic property funds have grown as a popular means of Shari'ah investment. The key distinction bet...