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Global stocks rallied on Friday on better eurozone news and stronger-than-expected manufacturing numbers in the US.

Almost three-quarters of pensioners with pots of less than £40,000 do not use the open market option, according to research from Partnership.

Savings in stocks and shares ISAs were worth £178bn in 2009/10, beating £172bn in cash ISAs, according to ONS figures.

'Life planning is an unprofitable, idealist movement that can only result in fewer clients'. Couldn't be more wrong, says George Kinder.

Could facing your palms upwards when answering questions really lose you clients? Body language expert Richard Newman elaborates...

Tennis, 'mom and pop shops' and a nod to Winston Churchill. The very best quotes from the IFP Conference 2010.

Matt Anderson, founder of Chicago-based The Referral Authority, on how to ask clients for a referral...and how not to.

Protection specialists have welcomed the conclusions on the sale of pure protection released today by the FSA in PS10/13.

Financial planners must outsource their investment decisions instead of trying to achieve the 'mission improbable' of beating the market, according to legendary investment consultant Charles Ellis.

Standard and Poor's(S&P) has downgraded pension provider Scottish Equitable and warned on the restructure of parent company Aegon.