Opinion

Asia has been hard hit recently as investors take profits from the region, with last year's star per...

A number of radical protection products are expected to hit the market this year, but will they help encourage more people to buy cover? And what else is needed to bridge the protection gap?

As world equity markets dip, now seems like a good time to consider whether investors have been pric...

Following more than three years of strong equity returns, the UK All Share index has fallen back to ...

Even though the political and economic environment in Europe remains in the doldrums, large-cap stoc...

The commodities sector was impossible to ignore last year, with the oil price rising by approximatel...

In a two-part series, Nick Dewhirst explores market categorisation and by using four examples of Wall Street crashes tries to determine the nature of the current downturn. This week, the falls of 1980 and 1987 are examined

Although relatively new vehicles for asset allocation, exchange traded funds are already powerful enough to distort certain markets and now outnumber closed-ended funds in the US. The result is a far greater choice of fund ranges

As Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man hurry to rearrange their corporate taxation it shows just ho...

A recent survey by financial and business adviser Grant Thornton revealed that more than three-quarters of UK financial services advertisements and promotions are misleading. Are firms doing enough to ensure its financial promotions are clear and easy...