Opinion

On November 23rd, Incisive Media - publisher of Professional Adviser and IFAonline - breaks new ground by launching its first weekly dedicated to the burgeoning Asian investment market.

Recent figures show Britain is still not out of recession and how long an economic recovery might take will continue to spark debate for many months to come.

Eastern Europe has witnessed momentous changes since the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, according to Jupiter's Elena Shaftan.

The fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago marked the end of the crude and utopian communist experiment that divided Europe for over four decades, says Hexam's Marina Akopian.

MorganAsh managing director Andrew Gething says real-life answers he has received to the question 'Have you ever had cancer?' are testament to the current problems of Q&A in protection...

Despite an increasingly busy fourth quarter for many in the industry, it is unlikely to have escaped too many people's notice that the possible impact of the "Solvency II" directive on annuities is already attracting a lot of negative and nervous attention....

Axa protection guru Graham Harvey says one way to bridge the protection gap may be to start hitting consumers with the facts...

The ABI reviews the statement of best practice on critical illness every three years. Given the high frictional costs associated with the change that the customer ultimately pays for, is it still correct that we should follow this strict path?

The protection industry is expecting a reduction in the number of IFAs post RDR of from 20-50%, depending on the survey chosen. Will this impact on sales of protection and will this prompt the resurgence of in-house sales forces - the man from the Pru?...

It is not uncommon for my email account to be bombarded by negative press releases warning of substantial outflows of assets or significant losses in some sector or other. But in the last few months, a flurry of reports highlighting record growth of the...