Punter Southall welcomes the move by Legal & General and Hargreaves Lansdown to use postcodes to determine annuity payouts.
Hargreaves Lansdown has warned against buying protected funds amid current market volatility.
Too many IFA firms are practically "giving themselves away" by basing their value on turnover rather than assets under management, according to David Ferguson.
IFA firm Hargreaves Lansdown has confirmed its Initial Public Offering on the London Stock Exchange has been set at 160p a share, which implies a market capitalisation of around £759m.
Hargreaves Lansdown has announced its share price after the firm floated on the stock market last month.
Hargreaves Lansdown will be valued between £650m and £700m, IFAonline has learnt.
Hargreaves Lansdown has this morning confirmed it will float on the London Stock Exchange next month.
Introducing a non-contestability period into life and critical illness insurance policies will encourage preferred life underwriting and favour the healthy and wealthy, says Jon Briggs, protection research manager at Hargreaves Lansdown.
The Law Commission's proposals to introduce a non-contestability clause into life insurance and critical illness policies is likely to lead to a cross-subsidy in favour of "liars", warns Jon Briggs, protection research manager at Hargreaves Lansdown....
One of Britain's largest sellers of investment products is preparing to float on the stock market in a move which could net each of its two founders a £240m fortune, says the Sunday Times .