investment

The adviser market is being targeted by Zopa in a new campaign designed to promote awareness among IFAs of ‘social lending'.

Intermediaries accounted for more than 80% of gross retail business in the investment sector, as total funds under management rose to £411bn in January, while net ISA sales fell by more than 70%.

Final year figures for Scottish Widows' protection arm dropped almost 10%, despite an overall increase in IFA sales and in its life and pensions business.

Over 90% of advisers believe they are going to spend more time advising on Inheritance Tax planning in the future.

One in four IFAs say clients now choose to put up to half of their assets into ethical funds, according to an IFAonline straw poll.

PROPERTY investors fed up with an "overstretched" UK market could do worse than look to Germany, say analysts.

The Way Group has launched a campaign encouraging advisers to recommend IHT plans over Isas for older people in exchange for increased commission.

Clerical Medical has announced it is shutting its doors to new group pension business again from April 16th, 2007.

The asset allocation of with-profits funds should be the focus of reviews by advisers as changes may mean the current mix is not what either they or the client may anticipate.

Interest rates would have to rise to 8.5% before borrowers start to feel the same level of financial strain as experienced in 1990, claims Alliance & Leicester.