Opinion

Clients can qualify for enhanced annuity rates for a range of conditions these days, including obesity, high blood pressure and previous medical treatment.

The debate between insurers and their ‘right' to assess risk against public policy concerns about unethical discrimination has come into sharp focus again with the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on gender discrimination.

Richard Walsh points out when it comes to IP, it's not the fairy stories that are Grimm...

The FSA published its annual consumer survey last week. It’s often a dull read – mainly because little ever changes in the public’s perception of providers, products and the FSA.

Pensions minister Steve Webb angered IFAs last week by saying he did not want small employers to seek ‘expensive’ auto-enrolment advice. But do advisers want the business?

It’s not difficult to imagine what your typical retail fund investor might say if asked whether he or she believes they are being charged fairly

Martin Sharratt, head of VAT at accountant and investment manager Smith & Williamson,

Here's a New Year puzzle for you. Funds A and B have an AMC 1.5%, but fund A's trading costs are lower. So which is better value for money? Which is better value?

Will the public ever accept an invoice for financial advice? Mark Lisle, compliance manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, says a new form of polarisation appears to be evolving…

Understatement coming up: Stephen Gay was not universally welcomed as the director-general of the Association of IFAs (AIFA).