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The “stakeholder” concept was coined 25 years ago and since then it has been much misused

After days of political back-stabbing and intrigue, the new coalition government was finally unveiled last week.

Chris Smallwood, CEO of 2plan Wealth Management, on recent positive news for ‘independent’ advisers post 2012

Stephen Snowden, manager of the Old Mutual Corporate Bond fund, on a volatile outlook for the months ahead

This week: Tony Yousefian, CIO at OPM Fund Management, asks if the €750bn bail-out fund is a short-term fix for the euro or a long-term solution.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King yesterday set out his reasons for the overshoot of CPI inflation last month in a letter to new Chancellor George Osborne. They were all dubious, says Henderson chief economist Simon Ward.

Advisers considering leaving the industry before 31 December 2012 should wake up and smell the coffee

With sovereign and political issues taking centre stage recently, macroeconomic indicators have taken a back-seat

Mark Lisle, compliance manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, calls for ‘realistic’ rules under a new government

Hugo Thorman, managing director of Ascentric, examines the issue of disclosing costs post-RDR.