marketing

Just lately, it seems you can't escape from being reminded of the mess that has become the UK pensions crisis.

Assessing what the brand and image of the new life company should be was perhaps one of the most difficult decisions Royal Liver's team would have to make.

TWO directors of David M Aaron - the independent financial adviser firm which was banned for issuing misleading literature on high-income "precipice" bonds - are now promoting venture capital trusts (VCTs), according to this morning's Times .

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Financial advisers and planners are being recommended to take a new approach with clients in order to boost business potential by focusing on value-added extras and relationship-building rather than the ins and outs of portfolio handling.