risk

Almost a third of potential investors are put off making a stock market investment because they do not know enough about the markets to make a confident investment, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

The FSA's latest outlook on systemic risks facing the industry focuses heavily on the role of intermediaries and intermediation processes as an area to keep under control.

The Pension Protection Fund's decision to almost double the levy estimate for 2007/08 will affect around 5% of schemes, claims Entegria.

Amendments to listing rules published in the FSA's Consultation Paper 06/21 would allow closed-ended funds to control companies in which they invest.

Consumers taking out interest-only mortgages in the main have a reasonable understanding of the risks involved but a minority of borrowers do not have robust repayment strategies in place, according to a report published by the Financial Services Authority....

It was interesting to sit and listen to the AIFA chairman's comments relating to the FSA at their recent dinner.

The Way Group has launched an offshore bond which is designed to provide a different approach to risk profiling.

A good ten years ago I mentioned in a speech that we were professionals. I was rudely interrupted at that point by an observer who said that by definition we couldn't be professionals as we weren't in a profession.

Since I moved to Edinburgh nearly fourteen years ago I've spent a good deal of time on aeroplanes travelling backwards and forwards to London. Over the years you learn things about UK domestic travel.

I've just finished reading a book called "the poker face of wall street". Writer Aaron Brown, an executive director at Morgan Stanley and a well known Wall Street quant man, believes that modern finance and the modern game of poker have a great deal of...