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I am talking to lots of IFAs at the moment about their plans to transition their businesses to take advantage of the post RDR environment.

We have all heard of the 'nanny state', but recently I came across a term I hadn't heard before but which certainly struck a chord with me - the ‘nagging state'.

Making sense of the draft rules for personal accounts.

Julian Chillingworth, chief investment officer at Rathbone Unit Trust Management Limited, says the months ahead will be a mixed tale for earnings and outlooks.

Returning to work after a week's holiday - I say holiday, but anyone who has been to Centre Parcs with three children before will understand this may not be the correct word for it - I found my inbox full of emails either extolling the virtues of the...

Here's a common question: Does someone with no dependents need life cover? And here's a typical answer: No. But is it really that simple?

You wouldn't hire a barrister to do a conveyancing job yet, in financial planning terms, day in day out, highly qualified financial advisers the length and breadth of the country continue to do just that by carrying out their own account admin.

Barclays Wealth director Colin Dickie explains which structured products are the most popular in the current climate.

For some unknown reason I have developed an insatiable appetite for autobiographies in middle age.

It never fails to surprise me just how hard it is to ensure customers understand exactly what they've bought.