Aviva has introduced the option to add an on-going adviser charge to its new and existing investment bond contracts.
AXA Wealth's long-term pension plan and onshore investment bond are Retail Distribution Review (RDR)-ready, offering advisers flexible charging options.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has expressed concerns that an increase in advised sales of investment bonds by life insurance companies may be a sign of a commission grab ahead of the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
A former adviser at NHFA has launched a stiff defence of the advice given - and products sold - by most of his ex-colleagues after parent company HSBC was fined £10.5m for mis-selling investment bonds to the elderly.
M&G bond fund manager Mike Riddell has warned the crisis in Europe has taken a turn for the worse after bond yields in core European countries rocketed yesterday.
The lastest round of quantitative easing (QE) has made gilts more expensive and may drive international bond investors to cash in on the asset class, fund managers warns.
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