Opinion

Next month the Association of British Insurers' (ABI) critical illness (CI) working party will announce the proposed changes to the CI definitions. What definition changes are expected, what would be welcomed, and what impact will this have on intermediaries...

The first months of 2005 have continued the themes of the year before. We have consistently favoure...

The Japanese stock market has made a solid start to the year. Economic data has been mixed but going...

Although 2004 witnessed the worst overall set of natural disasters for many decades this did not aff...

British investors who have real estate placed in a trust through a life policy will now have to pay ...

Having seen US equities, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, trade within an extremely narrow range fo...

The Association of British Insurers' (ABI) recently outlined proposals that could spell the end of commission-based financial advice. Are its accusations that commission creates bias and questions the advice given to consumers well founded?

seemingly unsurmountable problems could hit eu cross-border fund sales as countries all develop their own interpretation of the rules

Recent strength in emerging markets economies has been driven by two key issues - weakness in the US...

A look at the History of the complex relationship between rising oil prices and global bear markets points to some surprising conclusions