Opinion

The recent Retail Distribution Review Interim Report sets out a compelling argument for the segmentation of advice and sales in the financial services sector.

For the last twelve months, the future for group personal pensions and group stakeholder plans hasn't looked too healthy.

I sometimes wonder whether TV producers think that we all have the memory spans of goldfish.

It seems that the IFA sector is finally becoming aware of the need to provide value to clients in a far more obvious way and in turn, it is just possible that these clients might then pay for the advice they receive!

To survive the current market conditions you need to speak to more customers and earn more money from every customer you talk to.

The FSA have started to come down heavily on firms that fail to meet their compliance obligations.

The Thoresen Review has been hailed as a success for the COVER Promoting Protection campaign as it recommends the launch of a money guidance (MG) service to improve consumer awareness of financial needs. Will this help increase protection awareness and...

Nick Dewhirst explains the meanings behind three fashionable phrases - 'black swans', 'perfect storms' and 'data mining' - and asks whether there is any profit in them