Opinion

There have been a number of articles concerning critical illness cover published in the press over the last few months, many of which have focused on the negatives.

The bad news is it still looks likely any number of additional wrap propositions could come to market, while the good news is existing platforms are beginning to differentiate themselves on a feedback basis.

"Revealed: how Jersey woos tax avoiders" - this was the headline that screamed from the front page of the business section of the Observer newspaper on Sunday 17 September.

As the debate over alternatively secured pensions (Asp) seems to have gone ominously quiet, its good to know there are still people thinking outside the pensions box.

A financial intermediary at Lewin Hicking Partnership says proposals by the Resolution Foundation for a government-supported national advice network would be difficult to implement because consumer may not take the advice given.

When power pop duo Hall & Oates sang (the excellent) ‘Out of Touch' I'm sure they didn't have life companies in mind. However, I reckon this title is pretty apt given most life companies still seem eager to throw ridiculously high initial commissions...

Welcome to my first blog for IFAonline. I've been told I can write about whatever I want so this blog will be my thoughts about a subject close to my heart…the future prospects of the Welsh rugby team.

This morning we had a helpful report from centre-right think-tank Reform telling us young people have never had it so bad - my initial reaction to which was 'thanks for telling me the bleeding obvious'.

On return from a couple of weeks break in the sun, and having sorted the wheat from the chaff of the umpty-five emails awaiting my return, my thoughts soon turned to whether there had been any significant developments in the world of pensions during the...

An interesting problem has arisen concerning attempts to regulate investment instruments which has the potential to blow the existing understanding of investment ranges sky high.