Opinion

In the first of a two-part series, Nick Dewhirst shows how investors can achieve above average returns by predicting markets

Mass marketing is dead. If I am at the receiving end of a piece of marketing or advertising I can tune it out very effectively, unless it is aimed directly at me and very specifically addresses my needs or wants. Only niche marketing works anymore because...

I imagine Ed Balls raised a lot of hopes in the protection industry following his announcement that insurance will be a key priority for the next steps of the government's financial inclusion strategy.

The row over the costs of staging the Olympic Games in London in 2012 continues to rage. Discussions have now moved out of the press pages and into the courts.

While recent Budget coverage has been dominated by the fabulous sleight of hand used by Gordon Brown to give with one hand and take with the other, the effect on pensions were slightly overlooked - mainly because all the measures were expected.

A couple of weeks ago it was the turn of Miss Liz Hurley to get a decent slice of the limelight with the occasion of a sumptuous and lavish wedding. But we can't all be in the papers all the time.

I recently wrote a blog attempting to explain why business has managed to wrangle itself a ‘boring' tag, concluding the school curriculum, and therefore the government, was to blame.

Quoting the protection gap figure somehow reminds me of old films. The shock and awe shown on the faces of the characters when they are told the value of whatever the sought after treasure actually is can be almost comical, largely because it's often...

Five years ago, the Financial Services Authority attempted to implement a regulatory regime which made mortgage lenders responsible for checking the quality of mortgage intermediary advice. After much argument from the industry the idea was thrown out....

Is the ‘illness race' on critical illness policies about to start up again? I hope not, because recently some additions to critical illness products seem to have been borne entirely out of the desire to find something to add to the list to create a perceived...