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One certainty amid all the uncertainty of this Election is that anything other than an outright Labour win should result in a proper compensation plan for Equitable Life policyholders - and quickly too.

My outing to buy barbecuing essentials last weekend was rapidly cut short by a cold-call relating to PPI. But the caller wasn't trying to sell the product, he was after something else entirely...

Phil Clarke, technical services manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, discusses the merits of SSASs

So it turns out our list of Labour's biggest blunders was just the tip of the iceberg.

Last night's first ever televised leaders' debate saw the three prospective Prime Ministers stick predictably tightly to their manifestos when the subject of the economy was raised.

OPM CIO Tony Yousefian assesses the vulnerable state of sterling

The chief executive of the Protection Review rates this month's developments in the protection market...

So it appears advisers yet to reach the RDR's minimum qualification requirement (the equivalent of QCF Level 4, or, in equally confusing terms, about the same as the first year of an Honours degree) can be assessed via case studies and coursework, instead...

David Worsfold detects a change of mood within the government

Scroders Richard Buxton looks at what impact - if any - the election might have on the markets