Friends Provident

Nearly half of Singapore investors are positive about future investment prospects, research by Friends Provident International (FPI) suggests.

As we near the end of the year and start to reflect on the past twelve months whilst looking forward to the next with a renewed sense of vigour and positivity, my over-riding hope for 2010 is that we finally see some better solutions in the pensions arena....

Over a third of young people plan to start a pension before they hit the big 3-0 opening up a swathe of new advice business, research by Friends Provident suggests.

The protection industry will once again come under the spotlight tonight in an ITV programme on the dangers to consumers of non-disclosure.

Friends Provident's protection products are available direct to the consumer (D2C) through Tesco from today, according to chief executive Trevor Matthews.

Income protection sales still lag behind other types of insurance. Ed Stuart-Brown and Colin Micklewright talk to Scott Sinclair, news editor at IFA-Online, to discuss why

J.P. Morgan Asset Management, BlackRock, Fortis, Friends Provident and Santander Asset Management are among this year's 16 Gold Standard Award winners.

Friends Provident International (FPI) reports new business sales fell 24% for the nine months to October 2009 compared to the same period last year.

Sales at Resolution, owner of Friends Provident, have fallen 28% so far this year.

Recent figures show Britain is still not out of recession and how long an economic recovery might take will continue to spark debate for many months to come.