The Aviva Platform has gone from strength to strength this year. We've worked hard to make it a sleek, responsive system that really helps adviser firms in their day-to-day business.
John Stopford introduces the Investec Diversified Income Fund which accesses diversified sources of return from across the globe, aiming to provide investors with an attractive and sustainable level of income.
The intermediary landscape in 2013 and how we're supporting it.
With the RDR coming into force at the end of this year, the distribution model of the long-term savings industry is undergoing a radical transformation. Newcomers are entering the market whilst the adviser market is shrinking. Product providers are...
Offering useful advice on how to beat stress at work is a tough challenge because stress is as personal as it is widespread.
2012 marks a watershed for the Life companies, fund managers, banks and advisers who service the long-term savings and investments space. The countdown to auto-enrolment, the RDR and Solvency II is well underway, and the remaining months of preparation...
Many people who have SIPPs already meet the minimum income requirement through other pensions such as historic final salary schemes. This can be a real benefit for those who need some extra income but want to preserve death benefits.
The immediate impact of the RDR is on IFAs - however, the ripple effects will be felt strongly throughout the financial advice and retail investment sector. As advisers are completing higher qualifications, many players are devising and testing new business...