IHT

A tree-mendous way to prepare for retirement is to focus on alternative investments such as forestry, as Edward Daniels explains

January to March is the traditional EIS and VCT fundraising ‘season'. Matthew Brow, partner at RAM Capital Partners which markets the investments, gives a rundown of the New Year benefits on offer.

Andy Gadd discusses the potential benefits of venture capital trusts in a retirement planning strategy

Helen Morrissey talks to industry specialists about the importance of estate planning and what advisers can do to raise awareness of the need to make adequate provision

In the first of a two-part series, Jeremy Pearson weighs up the pros and cons of using bare and discretionary trusts

Looking back at the weekend's national newspapers, your clients may have picked up on reports into unregulated investments, wills and pension fund fees...

Protection policies can be more useful to your clients than you think...

Bereavement is bad enough without money troubles. Rachel Clarke explains the complexities of using whole of life policies

Helen Morrissey reveals the results of this month's Inquiry and explains why there has never been a more important time to think about estate planning

An influential Liberal Democrat think tank will propose increasing the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) at the party conference next week, saying it had "become almost voluntary".