News

US stocks fell in early trading today after unnerving sales figures from retailers.

IFAs are being warned to brace themselves for a 50% hike in their Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance premiums next year as the market downturn shows little sign of abating.

Skandia Investment Group's James Millard believes the recovery in equity markets will continue for the next few months and favours Asian stocks over the UK and Europe.

Corporate wraps will not pose a threat to adviser firms but will instead complement their services, according to Friends Provident.

Family Investments has partnered with the Post Office to launch a Guaranteed Capital Bond Cash ISA.

Pension providers have come out broadly in support of introducing adviser charging to the group personal pensions (GPP) market.

Plum Software has launched a checklist designed to help advisers considering upgrading their client management software.

The French and German economies are no longer in ‘official' recession after experiencing growth in Q2, new figures suggest.

IFA support services provider threesixty is teaming up with Old Broad Street Research (OBSR) and multi-manager house Margetts to provide two new ranges of model portfolios to boost advisers' asset allocation options.

Skandia has added pensions to its re-named platform price comparison tool, Platformwatch.