Opinion

Has enough consideration been given to the effectiveness of auto-enrolment?

The Financial Service Authority's (FSA) evidence to the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) offers a look at the regulator's most up-to-date thinking on the shape of things pre and post-RDR.

Steve Payne, managing director, protection, at Friends Life, on why the very worst things in life often catch us by surprise...

Chartered financial planner Shannon Currie is confused. Why do providers who successfully win business from her then do everything they can to lose it?

Graham Coxell, chief executive of Rowan Dartington, explains why offering clients direct positions in combination with multi-manager solutions adds another layer of diversification...

Some of you may (stress may) remember a billboard advertising campaign doing the rounds in the 60s, about saving for retirement.

Ashcourt Rowan has acquired a bad habit of losing staff and with rumours of more to follow it had better act quick to stem the tide.

Now, who would have thought it? After being regarded as second rate citizens by many hedge funds leading up to and after the crunch, retail investors now hold the main remaining key to accessing some of the world's most sought-after managers.

Mark Fawcett, chief investment officer at the National Employment Savings Trusts (NEST), explains how the vehicle's board set up its recommended annuity provider panel.

Phil Whitehouse of The Mortgage Alliance on how brokers can mitigate the impact of dual-pricing