Opinion

We are barely a month into the new year and the retirement planning market has been anything but quiet. Stock market turmoil means advisers investing clients' retirement savings are in for a bumpy ride for the foreseeable future.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (Aifa) has said that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) should have conducted a retail market review rather than just focusing on distribution. Do you agree? How much will the Retail Distribution Review...

Nick Dewhirst examines the fundamentals and the psychology underlying current market behaviour

Over the years the barriers that used to exist when it came to product advice have slowly been eaten away.

I don't know about you, but Christmas is already a bit of a distant memory. But what follows in its wake remains all too real. I both love and loathe the post Christmas period.