Opinion

I have to admit that I've been getting a bit fed up recently, not with Liverpool's form (which has improved thank you very much) but with people around me, and yours truly, getting cough's and colds.

I must confess I haven't been following the American elections particularly closely but I can't help picking up on the war of words between the candidates.

Financial advice for all seemed to be the theme last week, with the launch of the Thoresen Review and the Government's swift announcement of funding for a "Money Guidance" pilot.

AGAIN, I'll start with a famous quote: "I cannot hear what you say when what you are thunders against me", and never has it been more apt.

Pensions reform will mean many things to many people. For the Government, the key to winning the hearts and minds of employers will be to make it as easy as possible for them to engage with the new personal accounts scheme.

In spring, as the poet Tennyson once said, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Th...

For years equity release has been viewed as a risky product that should only be used as a last resort. Horror stories abound of people who have taken out products such as rent and leaseback schemes only to find themselves drowning in debt. Given these...

Graham Harrison, managing director at Asset Risk Consultants, looks at the performance of discretionary portfolios for private investors in recent years and months