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Businesses are seeing budgets stretched in many ways, but, as Owain Thomas found, advisers who are creative with solutions could produce a windfall for themselves in the group critical illness market

A quite common and relatively benign condition often seen on insurance applications, Paul Gyseman discusses the insurability factors and the pathophysiology of this illness

If a single theme links the worst financial crises in history, it is the startlingly-misplaced confidence of the experts who never saw them coming...

"Not all ETFs are created equal. A worrying and common misconception in the market is the expectation that ETF's are a homogonous product set without looking into the assets backing the portfolio or the quality of the third parties involved in managing...

ETFs have continued to thrive despite the financial crisis, but when markets recover will they still be the top of the gene pool? Helen Fowler reports

Credit Suisse's Dan Draper tells David Walker good corporate governance is not just a matter for actively managed funds

Jamie Lowe, head of closed-end funds at Arbuthnot Securities, talks to Charlotte Moore about advising clients on the use of ETFs in conjunction with closed-end funds to implement asset allocation and hedging strategies

Ben Johnson, director of ETP Research at Morningstar looks at the investment opportunities provided by Exchange Traded Products

Paul Burgin looks at the Indian ETF market, where despite high demand, there are many limitations to investing there

One of the few clear winners to emerge from the credit crisis are the precious metals. Nick Sudbury looks at the burgeoning range of options for ETF investors