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Financial services is the largest sector in the global stockmarket and is growing strongly. This growth is being driven by factors such as ageing populations in the developed nations and the increasing wealth of the emerging economies.

Paymentshield estimate that by not selling MPPI, you could be missing out on £45,000 or more over the course of five years.*

With large cap stocks having been out of favour in recent years, many commentators and investment managers are tipping 2006 as the year for change.

John Joe McGinley Marketing Communications Manager at Scottish Equitable looks at post Aday opportunities.

Unlike the faltering residential market, commercial property continues to exhibit characteristics that make it a useful inclusion in many clients' portfolios.

In most cases, investors (and their advisers) can pat themselves on the back after a good year in 2005.

Steve Folkard, head of pensions and savings policy at Axa Sun Life, analyses the potential impact of implementing the NPSS.

At Threadneedle's Brocket Hall Conference last September the bond team outlined the imbalances caused by the almost insatiable demand for longer-dated bonds arising from the regulatory squeeze on pension funds and insurance companies.

Despite institutions being able to invest in both residential and commercial property, neither is a particularly large part of institutional portfolios and many have no exposure whatsoever to either market.

Stephen Wynne-Jones, Assureweb's director of product marketing, explains that integration is the key to a more streamlined future for the advice industry.