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An international survey which last year named Singapore as the best lifestyle destination for expatriates is set to return in 2009.

The Healthcare cash plan is proving its resilience in the recession as contributors continue to increase. Peter Carvill asks if it will emerge at the front of this year's protection growth Click here to download pdf (PDF, 868KB)

It is not surprising that whole of life is unpopular with consumers: the product, which gets more expensive as the policyholder gets older, seems particularly unattractive during a recession. Could it get any worse? Probably not. Peter Carvill asks if...

Despite a drop in mortgage-related protection sales, the market is bearing up in the face of the recession. Peter Carvill investigates why some areas of TA are in fact skyrocketing Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.1MB)

Last year's high hopes that international PMI was set to boom have dissipated into uncertainty. Peter Carvill explores how the financial downturn has affected this previously confident market Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.4MB)

There is no doubt about it, 2009 is set to be yet another depressing year for MPPI. Inextricably linked with the mortgage industry, Peter Carvill asks how the product will fare Click here to download pdf (PDF, 1.57MB)

European investors are more optimistic than the rest of the world where confidence remains "subdued", according to State Street Global Markets.

Investors are confident enough to stick with existing investments as they ‘ride out' the current financial storm, the Investment Management Association (IMA) says.

Some long-awaited market innovation may help to boost declining individual CI sales in the immediate future but will it be enough to survive the credit crisis, asks Peter Carvill Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2.5MB)

The Government needs to do more to encourage young people to save for retirement as 40% of 23-35 year olds surveyed do not have a pension, research by Endsleigh suggests.