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Following on from its report into the relative merits of onshore and offshore bonds and directly held mutual funds (see news item from 27 May ), FundsNetwork is staging a series of regional seminars to bring the debate to an audience of UK-based IFAs....

Five years after introducing its version of customer agreed remuneration in May 2003, Scottish Life said it has found that support from advisers for transparent, fee-based remuneration structures is stronger than ever.

Singapore is attracting private wealth management business at the expense of Hong Kong, according to offshore law firm Ogier.

The idea that the rest of the world can "decouple" itself from the slowdown affecting the United States is unrealistic, the head of president George W Bush's economic advisory team said today, The Guardian reports.

Jersey-based Abbey International has launched Issue 8 of its Base Rate Tracker Term account.

Britons' confidence in the economy has hit a new low, with almost half convinced the outlook for their finances and their job will deteriorate over the next six months, The Telegraph reports.

The City's biggest investment banks forced Bradford & Bingley to slash the price of its rights issue amid fears that demand for the £300m fundraising would be so low they would be left with millions of pounds worth of shares, The Guardian reports.

The Bank of England should raise borrowing costs to 5.25% at its meeting this week, says one of its leading former policy-makers, The Telegraph reports..

New research conducted by FundsNetwork suggests that offshore bonds are seldom the most tax-efficent...

Stocks managed to rally again in mid-May, withstanding a continued rise in energy prices, ongoing wo...