Opinion

Legal & General Investment Management equity strategist Georgina Taylor gives her view on what's in store for equities worldwide.

Some of you will have followed the trials and tribulations of Park Row over the last month or two. Park Row Associates is being wound up, and will be closed for business by the time this article is published.

Recent data has shown that inflation in the UK has risen for the first time since February. CPI, where the Bank of England has a target rate of 2%, rose to 1.5% in October from 1.1% in September. The RPI measure also rose in October to -0.8% from -1.4%...

Ellipse has come into the group risk market with the aim of changing the methods of underwriting and customer service. What do you think could be reasonably changed about the current underwriting procedure?

Rupert Curtis and Nathan Bridgeman debate the issue of allowing members to take unauthorised payments from their SIPP

In a few months, the minimum age for drawing a pension will rise from 50 to 55. This change will come as a shock to some people who were anticipating accessing some or all of their savings before their 55th birthday.

Advisers probably won't be surprised to hear that people are far more likely to consider insuring their pets and mobile phones than their retirement income. This was one of the findings of AEGON's recent consumer research.

There is only one way to sum up the shake-up in the European Commission portfolios from a UK perspective - we were totally stuffed.

Bryce Sanders, president of Perceptive Business Solutions, reveals the real meaning behind phrases you might hear when doing business with Americans.

Peter Jordan, head of proposition marketing at Skandia, takes a closer look at how advisers are using platform-based tools.