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Capital strength is vital in protection and should determine which insurer advisers choose, argues Stuart Lawson. Yet the market may be heading for a period of instability

Protection can be a necessity for some clients, yet they find themselves declined by mainstream insurers. Roger Hillier explains impaired health policies

Paul Wright discusses how structured products can be used in a retirement planning portfolio

Kevin Pacey discusses the challenges for advisers and clients in the at-retirement market and looks at how the increasing choice affects how advisers give advice

Steve Fox looks at the elegant range of investment instruments constituted by offshore banks' multicurrency accounts

Relationships are the interpersonal dynamics that define success or failure in everyday life. How these relationships are managed in a business context can mean the difference between profit and loss, Chris Wheatley explains

Recent fluctuations in the housing market mean people can no longer look with certainty at using their property to fund retirement. David Millar discusses the situation

Cherry Reynard asks if political risk is always synonymous with emerging markets or if it is more the case that in the present climate of upheaval the economic risks of the developed markets present a greater danger for investors

Like the rest of the world, the Far East is experiencing some fallout from the global credit crunch.

Hi, my name is Jonathan Goodman and I am the Spectrum IFA Group's development director for Spain, based in Barcelona. We have a team of 20 advisers working from five offices around the country; as well as Barcelona, we are in Madrid, the Costa Blanca,...