As I began to write this blog I wondered how many advisers found and read my last blog - the answer to which is 41 ( but it has gone up since - ed ) - so in case you are not one of the 41 that read my last blog, it was about the effective use of e-mail....
Increased employer contributions may not reduce the risk-based levies from the Pension Protection Fund.
Isa sales have dropped off since the end of the tax year, but the value of Isa assets under management has risen - suggesting the concept of an Isa season still exists, based on the latest IMA statistics.
Analysis of medical statistics suggests there could be a geographical pattern in the number of cases in the UK and Ireland related to smoking and drinking as well as socio-economic deprivation.
UK GDP increased by 0.9% in the second quarter this year, helping send the annualised GDP growth rate to 3.7% over the past 12 months.
April inflation figures just published by the Office for National Statistics show rising oil prices have substantially impacted on prices in the UK.
Isa sales for 2003-04 were around 15% higher in March than the previous year to £496m and net retail figures are up by almost three-quarters on last year, according to the latest statistics from the IMA.
A pensioner selected at random is less likely to be in relative poverty compared with a person under pensionable age, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has revealed.
Retail investment sales appear to picked up as the latest statistics from the IMA suggest net retail sales increased by over 40% last month.