Opinion

2006 has done a marvellous job of filling advisers' diaries with client appointments for 2006 and 2007. A-day arrived and still offers great potential for the retirement planners amongst us. Additionally the Budget statement in 2006 made sure those advising...

I've got to be honest, I'm one of the those ‘fans' who only go to live football matches these days if I get invited to go in the corporate hospitality section.

So the celebrities are back in the jungle; 100,000 wannabe pop stars have been whittled down to 12 to face Simon Cowell's constructive criticism; and 12 couples are dancing their hearts out in the hope of triumph in Brucie's ballroom.

Advisers have hit back at Which? over its recent survey highlighting the lack of trust consumers have in the financial services industry.

‘They don't make them like they used to', we declare when a product fails to meet our expectations. I have spent all too many weekends sat on the floor surrounded by bits of flatpack furniture, staring at assembly instructions that are as useful as a...

Autumn and early winter means one thing in ‘Mortgage-Land'; it's the time of the trade shows. You can't move for them. And if you include in that AMI's own regional conferences - which come to an end this week in Glasgow - then it's a very busy time not...

A lot of lip service is paid to getting new blood into the industry although there is very little evidence of anything happening in a structured way.

Everyone agrees pensions reform should produce a system that's fair for everyone. But what is fair? And could the reforms unintentionally lead to some unfair outcomes?

With latest research suggesting advisers intend to pile into the UK Reits market when it opens in January, it is perhaps time to pause for reflection.

Ed Balls, economic secretary to the Treasury, actually talked some sense for once at the PIMA conference the other week.