This year inheritance tax (IHT) has really started to make an impression on consumers. Research conducted on Friends Provident's behalf by MORI in September 2004 shows that at least 85% of those surveyed are aware of IHT issues.
With some interesting exits and a wave of new appointments in recent months you could be forgiven for wondering about the apparent change process currently underway at Henderson Global Investors. Phil Jefferson, Director of UK Wholesale, comments on the...
Attack the underperforming excess cash your clients may have on deposit
With the squeeze on costs that the Sandler world has bought to the financial services industry, technology provides a necessary opportunity that is shaping the protection market, Keily Poole from Friends Provident finds out how:
Global equity markets have staged a remarkable recovery from their lows in March last year, but fund managers need to explore new areas of the market to identify true growth stocks, says Richard Turnill, head of asset allocation and economics at Merrill...
Following our latest fund launch on 26th January 2004, we would like to introduce you to the INVESCO PERPETUAL Distribution Fund, by outlining some of the main benefits that the fund can bring to you and your clients.
Following last year's impressive stockmarket performance, UK investors entered 2004 with a rather important question: what happens next?
On the 7th March the Artemis European Growth Fund will celebrate its third birthday. As at the end of January the fund is second in its sector having returned 21.4% against the FTSE Europe (ex UK) return of -20.7%.*
We all know that a good fund is a good fund whichever way you look at it. And all fund of fund operators choose from the same universe of funds, don't they? You could be forgiven for thinking so. But they don't. Here are just some of the ways in which...
The multi manager sector is flourishing. This year alone M&G in conjunction with Cazenove, Schroders, and Solus have either launched or re-launched multi manager products, adding to a growing sector which already contains products from names such as Credit...