Money Marketing
26 September 2007
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50-50 On US recession, says Bolton
27 Sep 2007
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A bird's eye view of buyouts and exits
27 Sep 2007
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A matter of trust
1 Oct 2007
The average investment trust has returned 33 per cent more than its unit trust counterpart over the past five years. Sonia Speedy ponders whether advisers should be looking more closely at the asset class
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A nasty surprise
1 Oct 2007
Regardless of whether or not the implications for the group market have been laid down in black and white yet, the way the FSA is heading with this paper is clear. And in the strange new world of principle-based regulation, it would seem that the regulator only has to think something for it to start becoming applicable.
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A round of applause for Investec
28 Sep 2007
Investec Asset ManagementGlobal Extension Fund
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A Shaw thing
27 Sep 2007
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A standout deal from the Coventry
28 Sep 2007
Coventry Building Society5.99% Offset Fixed Rate
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Abbey £25k loan deal with 100% mortgage
27 Sep 2007
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ABI warns FSCS protection for large deposits is unnecessary
1 Oct 2007
ABI director general Stephen Haddrill has written to the Chancellor Alistair Darling warning that reforms to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme “must not distort the market for savings or remove all risk”.
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Acorn Corporate Finance - Dynamo Property Investment
2 Oct 2007
Acorn Corporate FinanceDynamo Property Investment
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Acronym and acrimony
27 Sep 2007
Last week's comment piece in Money Marketing in which Towry Law chief executive Andrew Fisher suggested that Aifa really stands for Amalgamation of Ignorant Flat Earth Advocates is unlikely to win him many friends among readers of this newspaper.
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'Act now to end public-sector disparity'
27 Sep 2007
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Active v Passive: Where do you stand?
1 Oct 2007
The question of whether paying for active fund management is money well spent sits at the core of the debate of the role of investment advice on pensions. Paul Farrow reports
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Adviser Fund Index
27 Sep 2007
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Advisers get boost from consolidation
27 Sep 2007
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Aegon on tour again after protection seminar success
27 Sep 2007
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Aifa demands clarity on personal accounts
1 Oct 2007
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Aifa says Which? research raises serious questions about the RDR
28 Sep 2007
Aifa says the recent Which? research into financial advice raises serious questions about the direction of the retail distribution review.
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Alliance & Leicester - Two YEar Fixed 6.23% FeeSaver
28 Sep 2007
Alliance & LeicesterPrime Mortgage - Two Year Fixed 6.23% FeeSaver
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Allianz unleashes eco-trends fund
28 Sep 2007
Allianz Global Investors has made its RCM global eco-trends fund available to retail investors.
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Anger over double standards on Northern Rock
1 Oct 2007
The Government has been accused of double standards for guaranteeing an unlimited bail-out of Northern Rock savers.
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Annuities shake-up on the cards
1 Oct 2007
The Treasury is set to announce progress on reform of the annuity-buying process. John Greenwood finds that support for change is growing
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Arc Capital & Income - Arc Fixed Income Plan 2
2 Oct 2007
Arc Capital & IncomeArc Fixed Income Plan 2
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Arc follows the bull and the bear
28 Sep 2007
Structured product provider Arc Capital & Income - formerly Nvesta – has brought out a third tranche of its Bull & Bear tracker plan.
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Aviva chief Thiam in Pru move
27 Sep 2007
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Axa Framlington aims to mitigate IHT
28 Sep 2007
Axa FramlingtonIHT Service
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Axa plans for wrap platform
27 Sep 2007
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Axa reopens access to wealth of experience
28 Sep 2007
Axa FramlingtonEquity Income Fund
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Axa snaps up ICAS to expand employee well-being cover
1 Oct 2007
Axa, the acquisitive insurer, has bought ICAS International Holdings, a global provider of employee support and well-being services.
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Bad days at Northern Rock
27 Sep 2007
Tanya Powley charts the events that led to queues of panicked savers outside Northern Rock branches last week and examines how the situation could affect bank funding policy in future
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Bank may have spent £3bn on Rock prop
27 Sep 2007
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Bank swerve steadies nerve
27 Sep 2007
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Banks shun second Bank of England money auction
2 Oct 2007
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Barclays defines returns
28 Sep 2007
Barclays has brought out a capital-protected bond that provides a choice between five-year, five -year early kick-out and a three-year term.
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Barclays links to Eurostoxx for income
28 Sep 2007
Barclays has introduced the regular income bond that is linked to the performance of the Dow Jones Eurostoxx 50 index over five years.
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BBA warns Darling deposit guarantee changes could harm industry
28 Sep 2007
The British Bankers’ Association has warned the Government not to rush through proposals to reform the deposit protection scheme in the light of Northern Rock as it could create unnecessary industry burden without helping consumers.
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BDO Stoy Hayward targets ugly ducklings
28 Sep 2007
The Hyde Park Fund from BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management aims to raise up to £30m to invest in ‘ugly duckling’ central London properties that can be turned into prime residences.
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Beagles to take six month sabbatical from JO Hambro
2 Oct 2007
JO Hambro UK equity income manager Clive Beagles is taking a six month sabbatical from fund management.
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Best cellars
27 Sep 2007
As in the world of wine, investment tastes are inclining towards the emerging nations
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Bolton calls for Darling's resignation
27 Sep 2007
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Borrowers to benefit as rates reduce
27 Sep 2007
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BraveArt shows off young Scottish talent
27 Sep 2007
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Broker Talkback
27 Sep 2007
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Brokers feeling sub prime bite
27 Sep 2007
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Burdett and Potter funds open for business
1 Oct 2007
Thames River new multi-manager duo Gary Potter and Robert Burdett have launched their first tranche of funds following their high profile move to the firm.
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C&G coo Joy Griffiths to replace managing director Jon Pain
1 Oct 2007
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CII urges FSA to boost professionalism in its RDR response
2 Oct 2007
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CLI launches new portfolio bond
1 Oct 2007
Canada Life International has announced the launch of a new portfolio bond, the first of four products in CLI’s ‘dimensions’ product range, to be released in November.
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Climate fund starts at the tipping point
27 Sep 2007
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Close Bros suspends specialist mortgage business
27 Sep 2007
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Crunch the numbers
27 Sep 2007
A pension lump sum gives a client the opportunity to lift the burden of a mortgage
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CSAM distributes multi-asset fund
28 Sep 2007
Credit Suisse Asset Management has expanded its fund of funds range with the Multi-Manager Multi Asset Distribution Fund.
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CSAM multi-asset fund shows promise
28 Sep 2007
Credit Suisse Asset ManagementMulti-Manager Multi-Asset Distribution Portfolio
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Darling and King backed over Rock
27 Sep 2007
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DB Mortgages product changes mean it will not honour previously accepted DIPs
26 Sep 2007
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Deal with the ppi problems
27 Sep 2007
Simon Burgess, Britishinsurance. com managing director, calls for providers of payment protection insurance to put their houses in order and show that self-regulation can work in the business sector
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Defining moment
1 Oct 2007
Defined-contribution schemes are dominating the market as final-salary schemes wither. James Phillipps looks at the involved process of switching schemes or running parallel ones and the decisions that employers need to make
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Dental arithmetic
1 Oct 2007
Demand for dental benefits is rocketing and with new providers moving into the market, now is the time for advisers to clean up, says Sam Barrett
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'Devil is in lack of detail'
27 Sep 2007
Fidelity head of IFA channel Peter Hicks tells John Lappin that many of the aims within the RDR paper are laudable but it has clouded too many issues, and calls on IFAs to exert pressure to ensure its good intentions are brought to the fore
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Directgov helps in search for lost pensions
27 Sep 2007
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'Discontented consumers need with-profits service'
27 Sep 2007
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Don't miss your chance to enter the first Corporate Adviser industry awards
1 Oct 2007
The inaugural Corporate Adviser awards ceremony will take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday 19 February 2008.
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Dynamo homes in on Ukranian property
28 Sep 2007
Dynamo property investment aims for growth by investing in properties and property developments in the Ukraine. It is available to Sipp and SSAS investors as an exempt unit trust and also as a limited partnership for high-net-worth and certified sophisticated clients.
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Entrepreneurs fear red tape will get worse
1 Oct 2007
Three-quarters of Britain's entrepreneurs expect the regulatory environment for SMEs to become more rather than less burdensome over the next three years, according to new research by Bank of Scotland Business Banking.
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Equitable Life calls for member votes on with profits annuity transfers
28 Sep 2007
Equitable Life is writing to all policyholders to update them on the transfer of £1.8bn of with profits annuity policies to Prudential.
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ETF Securities looks forward to the future
28 Sep 2007
ETF Securities has added to its range of exchange traded commodities on the London Stock Exchange, giving investors access to commodities to commodity futures prices linked to the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity 3 Month Forward Indices.
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Excellent effort by excellenthealth!
1 Oct 2007
Ssas clients should watch out for potential tax charges on unpaid rent on properties held within schemes where the property is let back to the company, says Rowanmoor Pensions.
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Fed cuts but faces dilemma
27 Sep 2007
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Fidelity starts EMEA trend
28 Sep 2007
Fidelity InternationalFidelity Funds Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa Fund
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First State builds on infrastructure
2 Oct 2007
First State Investments has brought out the global listed infrastructure fund, an Oeic that invests in infrastructure and related securities.
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First-timers bear brunt of sub-prime problems
27 Sep 2007
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Florida focus for fund
27 Sep 2007
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'Four pieces of legislation led to fiasco'
27 Sep 2007
Bank of England governor Mervyn King called for major changes to banking regulation during a fierce grilling from the Treasury select committee.
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FSA changes compensation scheme to cover 100% of depositors' claims up to £35,000
1 Oct 2007
The FSA has increased the limit of Financial Service Compensation Scheme cover for deposits to 100 per cent of the first £35,000 of each depositor's claim.
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FSA ends multi-manager visits
27 Sep 2007
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FSA highlights changes to unit-linked investment regime
28 Sep 2007
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FSA issues Dear CEO with-profits warning to insurers
27 Sep 2007
The FSA has sent a Dear CEO letter to insurers warning it has uncovered worrying practices in both open and closed with-profit funds involving the standards of governance and run-off plans.
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FSA queries reasons for recommending Sipps
27 Sep 2007
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FSA refunds due if partially to blame for RDR, says Clarkson Hill
2 Oct 2007
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FSA says PPI firms still failing to treat customers fairly
26 Sep 2007
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FSA sends out liquidity questionnaire to firms in light of credit crunch
27 Sep 2007
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FSA to assess all small firms on TCF
2 Oct 2007
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FSA warns dubious PPI sellers it is cracking down
2 Oct 2007
After two weeks sailing the Turkish coast in 30 degree heat I am back in London and my focused attention is again on the protection world and the focus is still on PPI misselling.
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GMAC-RFC says it is not mystery lender which has faced margin calls
2 Oct 2007
GMAC-RFC says it is not the mystery lender which has faced a margin call from two US investment banks.
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Godiva Mortgages -Self-Cert 5.99% Fixed to 30.09.09
28 Sep 2007
Godiva MortgagesSelf-Cert 5.99% Fixed to 30.09.09
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Government red tape hampering drive to deliver clearer pension statements, says ABI
1 Oct 2007
The ABI says its members are being hampered in their ability to deliver clear yearly pension statements by a burdensome regulatory regime which forces companies to use irrelevant information.
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Growing pains
27 Sep 2007
Equity income funds that focus on yield at the expense of growth are bound to disappoint
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Guaranteed disgrace
27 Sep 2007
Government rescue contrasts with its treatment of pension victims
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Gym will fit it for Pru cover
27 Sep 2007
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High hopes
27 Sep 2007
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Howorth's way
1 Oct 2007
Aside from a full service corporate advisory service, JLT Benefit Solutions has built a unique relationship with Paternoster and developed its own group Sipp through a strategic stake in FundsDirect. No wonder managing director Duncan Howorth thinks the firm deserves a higher profile. Helen Monks finds out more
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HSBC Alternatives announce management changes
2 Oct 2007
HSBC Alternatives Investments Ltd. has appointed Nigel Webber as the group’s new chief investment officer following the departure of Barbara Rupf Bee to the firms investment arm.
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HSBC creates a new foundation
28 Sep 2007
HSBC Bank International has brought out Foundation 2 - the healthcare bonus fund.
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HSBC looks at wrap links for OpenFunds
27 Sep 2007
HSBC Investments is considering future distribution links with wrap platforms for its HSBC open global return and HSBC open global distribution funds.
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Hunt starts role at Lehman Brothers
26 Sep 2007
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IAF Securities aims for natural enhancement
28 Sep 2007
Wealth manager IAF Securities has linked up with structured product provider IDaD to launch the natural resources enhanced return plan.
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IAF Securities widens door to commodities
28 Sep 2007
IAF SecuritiesNatural Resources Enhanced Return Plan
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Ilott joins Fidelity's multi-manager arm
1 Oct 2007
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IMA appoints Sears as director, wholesale
28 Sep 2007
The Investment Management Association has appointed Guy Sears as its new director, wholesale following a restructure of its senior management team.
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IMA bids to figure out fund formula for yield standard
27 Sep 2007
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IMA gives thumbs up to new property regime
1 Oct 2007
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Imagine the panic if review boosts banks
27 Sep 2007
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IMS exits Artemis fund amid quant concerns
27 Sep 2007
Multi-manager IMS has replaced Artemis European with the T.Rowe Price European ex UK equity fund within its global select fund.
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In a Nutt shell
27 Sep 2007
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In the hot seat
27 Sep 2007
It had not been an easy summer for the chairman of Betelgeuse Investment Funds. Turmoil in the credit markets and a particularly volatile period for shares had not helped demand for its products. Nor had it made life any easier for its managers, operating in conditions where share prices could swing violently in a single day.
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Infinity returning to sub-prime
27 Sep 2007
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Investment advisers stick with equities despite global turmoil
1 Oct 2007
Investment advisers still have confidence in equities despite recent volatility in global markets, with large cap companies predicted to perform best in the coming year, according to a recent survey.
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Isle of Man aims to attract hedge funds
27 Sep 2007
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It's a small world
27 Sep 2007
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Just Retirement business booms
27 Sep 2007
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Keep calm after the storm
27 Sep 2007
Apologies for the crass use of a classic REM song but It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) sums up the situation at present. If the prophets of doom are to be believed, in a month's time, the market will be in meltdown and some major lenders will be no more.
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Keep it real for price statistics
27 Sep 2007
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Kensington to tighten loan criteria after profit warning
27 Sep 2007
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Kingston joins BDO pensions and benefits team
1 Oct 2007
BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management is growing its corporate pensions and benefits team with the appointment of Robert Kingston as a senior pensions consultant, to be based in the Midlands.
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L&G abolishes customers' ongoing need to disclose
1 Oct 2007
Consumers no longer have to notify Legal & General of any changes to their health or circumstances between the time they submit their protection application and when their policy starts.
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Lenders could take chance to cut proc fees
27 Sep 2007
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Lending to individuals in August lower than in July says Bank of England
1 Oct 2007
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LibDems rule out cross-party challenge to means-test
27 Sep 2007
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Liquidity shields Asian markets
27 Sep 2007
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Luckraft names good, bad and ugly in credit crisis
27 Sep 2007
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'Malicious glee at misfortunes'
27 Sep 2007
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Management needed policy for disaster recovery
27 Sep 2007
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Marino Valensise appointed to CIO at Barings
1 Oct 2007
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Martin Currie in equity deal
27 Sep 2007
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McAteer says ICOB proposals likely to be detrimental to consumers
1 Oct 2007
Consumer advocate Mick McAteer says the FSA’s proposed changes to the ICOB regime will be detrimental to consumers and the market rather than ensuring their needs are met more effectively.
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McCarthy and Sants to face MPs' questions
27 Sep 2007
The FSA and Treasury are to be hauled in front of the Treasury select committee to explain their role in the Northern Rock fiasco as MPs turn up the heat on the regulator.
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McFall blasts 125% mortgages
27 Sep 2007
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Members missing out in DC schemes
1 Oct 2007
Members of defined contribution pension schemes could be missing out on up to an additional 70 per cent in retirement income, according to Hewitt's annual DC survey.
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Meteor Asset Management - Pendulum Commodities Plan
28 Sep 2007
Meteor Asset ManagementPendulum Commodities Plan
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Meteor strives for pot of gold at end of Rainbow
28 Sep 2007
Meteor Asset ManagementRainbow
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Meteor swings in line
28 Sep 2007
Meteor Asset Management has brought out the pendulum commodities plan, which aims for growth linked to a basket of five equally weighted Standard & Poors Goldman Sachs commodities indices. These are the S&P GSCI Agriculture Excess Return, S&P GSCI Energy Excess Return, S&P GSCI Industrial Metal Excess Return, S&P GSCI Livestock Excess Return, S&P GSCI Precious Metals Excess Return.
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MetLife Europe - Investment Bond
28 Sep 2007
MetLife EuropeInvestment Bond
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Michael Kalen
27 Sep 2007
The president and chief executive of Hartford Life in Europe is an extreme sports fan who thrives on stepping outside his comfort zone and he brings that same sense of venture to business with a determination to succeed in the UK with the firm's third-way products Interview by Will Henley
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Misleading claims won big payouts
27 Sep 2007
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Morningstar cautious on Newton income
27 Sep 2007
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Mortgage Trust says valuations for new builds to go to its own surveyors department
2 Oct 2007
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Mortgages plc in adverse rethink
27 Sep 2007
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Mortgages Plc to withdraw adverse buy-to-let products
28 Sep 2007
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Multi mangled
27 Sep 2007
Britain's most popular multi-manager is failing to shine on performance
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New appointment at Gartmore
26 Sep 2007
Gartmore has announced the appointment of Hamish Chamberlayne to the role of investment analyst on its global equities team.
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New Star announces record first half results
28 Sep 2007
New Star Asset Management has revealed record first half returns this year with net UK retail sales up 54 per cent to £1.1bn.
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Norwich & Peterborough makes tracks
28 Sep 2007
Norwich & PeterboroughOne-Year Fixed/Tracker Rate
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NU critical illness claims stats up to 86%
2 Oct 2007
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NU launches scheme to combat absenteeism
1 Oct 2007
Norwich Union Healthcare is launching an absence management solution to enable its clients to tackle absenteeism and speed return to work.
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NU opens academy for underwriters
27 Sep 2007
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OBSR takes full ownership of Forsyth-OBSR Ratings Service
26 Sep 2007
Old Broad Street Research Limited has announced it is taking over the Forsyth-OBSR Ratings Service it previously operated as a joint venture with Forsyth Partners Limited.
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Octopus fishes for smaller companies
28 Sep 2007
Octopus InvestmentsCF Octopus Opportunities Fund
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Off the beaten track
27 Sep 2007
Investors are increasingly turning to exchange traded funds for simple and inexpensive access to a diverse range of assets and markets from UK firms to global infrastructure projects and soft commodities, says Philip Scott
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Operational limitations holding back investment managers, says Morse
26 Sep 2007
Investment managers want to use a wider range of derivatives in increasing volumes but the majority are being held back by operational limitations, according to a new survey by Morse.
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Out of context
27 Sep 2007
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Over three million relying on property to fund retirement
1 Oct 2007
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Packager Em financial says DB Mortgages move 'no surprise' as it looks to protect brand
27 Sep 2007
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Paradigm Mortgage Services launches with 500 individuals signed up
1 Oct 2007
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Pearl confirms continued Resolution interest and sets out valuation criteria
28 Sep 2007
Pearl says it is still interested in making an offer for Resolution and believes the proposed merger with Friends Provident will not create the best value for shareholders and will expose them to significant risks.
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Pension pressure for Brown
27 Sep 2007
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Pension schemes run by over-50s men, says survey
1 Oct 2007
Company-sponsored pension schemes in the UK are overwhelmingly governed by men over the age of 50, according to latest research from Hymans Robertson.
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PHP launches employee health support scheme
1 Oct 2007
Private Health Partnership is launching an employee support scheme designed to give employees and their families information, advice and healthcare counselling.
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Pick of the bunch
27 Sep 2007
I started my own firm in 2000. As a directly authorised IFA, I had the choice of which platforms to work with, including Skandia, Cofunds, Fidelity FundsNetwork and Transact.
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Plan for £500k IHT threshold
27 Sep 2007
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Planning for gold
27 Sep 2007
Julie Lord, managing director of Cavendish Financial Management, says both the certified and chartered financial planner qualifications are valuable and hopes to see an end to bickering over which is best so the profession can develop and move ahead
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Platform cuts conforming rates by 0.50 per cent
26 Sep 2007
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Police follow broker fraud cash trail to the Gold Coast
27 Sep 2007
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Policy is priority
27 Sep 2007
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Portavista platform to boost commission
27 Sep 2007
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Positive Solutions forms new role of mortgage manager
2 Oct 2007
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Preferred writes to packagers to clarify which criteria will apply to re-offer cases
2 Oct 2007
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PSigma unveils details for American fund
26 Sep 2007
PSigma’s new American growth will hold some 45 to 60 stocks when it comes to market next month under the management of James Abate.
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Put your questions to our expert panel
27 Sep 2007
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PwC expects short term falls
1 Oct 2007
The financial services sector should expect a fall in business volumes, income and profitability over the coming three months in the wake of the credit crunch, according to CBI and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Rate expectations
27 Sep 2007
We need innovation rather than restriction in the annuity sector
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RDR interest boosts registrations at MM Live Manchester
27 Sep 2007
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Regulator refusing to give clear view on RDR
27 Sep 2007
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Regulatory framework needs to be scrutinised, says BBA
1 Oct 2007
Reform of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme must not distract policymakers from learning the real lessons of the Northern Rock affair, according to the British Bankers’ Association.
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Resolution calls for clarity on rival bidders
28 Sep 2007
Resolution has requested that the firms takeover panel sets a timetable for possible bidders to clarify their positions on the firm ahead of its merger with Friends Provident.
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River runs deep at WdB
27 Sep 2007
Williams de Broe has topped up its holding in River and Mercantile UK equity smaller companies across three of its multi-manager Assetmaster funds.
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Rock and a hard place
1 Oct 2007
Northern Rock is a reminder of the way the public responds to negative messages - something that advisers must overcome
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Rock deal should have been secret
27 Sep 2007
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Rock facing dilemma on saving or loan rate
27 Sep 2007
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Rock weighs heavy on fund firms
27 Sep 2007
The crisis at Northern Rock has had massive implications for fund managers as they consider their next moves, report Chris Salih
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Rolling with the Rock
27 Sep 2007
Once upon a time, a chief executive who presided over a crash in share price following a run on his bank and a humiliating request for funds from the Bank of England would have resigned. A Chancellor who oversaw a run on a bank would have resigned. A Bank of England governor who failed to anticipate the crisis would have departed.
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Royal London Asset Management - UK Smaller Companies Fund
1 Oct 2007
Royal London Asset ManagementUK Smaller Companies Fund
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Schroders looks to next big theme
28 Sep 2007
Schroders has brought out the global climate change fund to take advantage of an investment theme that the company regards as one of the biggest of the next 20 years.
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Scottish Widows offers Key Worker solution
28 Sep 2007
Scottish Widows BankKey Worker Mortgage - Two-Year Fixed
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Showing the Way to income
28 Sep 2007
Way GroupWay Income Plan
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Sipp option withdrawn from Tomorrow's closed book of policyholders
2 Oct 2007
Swiss Re the administrator of Tomorrow's closed book of pension policies is withdrawing the self-investment option from its deferred Sipps from January 1 2008.
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Skandia best ideas steps up
28 Sep 2007
Skandia Investment Management has taken its manager of managers best ideas range a step further with a fund that can make money in falling markets by shorting derivatives.
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Skandia Investment Management - UK Strategic Best Ideas Fund
1 Oct 2007
Skandia Investment ManagementUK Strategic Best Ideas Fund
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Skandia offers portfolio with protection
28 Sep 2007
Skandia MultiFundsProtected Portfolio Investment
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Skandia takes the long and short route
2 Oct 2007
Skandia Investment ManagementUK Strategic Best Ideas Fund
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Skipton Building Society - Five-Year Base Rate Tracker Capped Mortgage
28 Sep 2007
Skipton Building SocietyFive-Year Base Rate Tracker Capped Mortgage
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Skipton Building Society - Three-Year Base Rate Tracker Capped Mortgage
28 Sep 2007
Skipton Building SocietyThree-Year Base Rate Tracker Capped Mortgage
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SLI fund draws on European and ethical skills
28 Sep 2007
Standard Life Investments will draw on the expertise of its SRI and European equities with the launch of its European equity ethical fund.
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Smart thinking
27 Sep 2007
Smart devices, effectively phones that you can use to run your life, are going to be one of the major items that phone companies will be pushing in the run up to Christmas.
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Spa sets sail on MarketGrader
28 Sep 2007
Spa International, a specialist provider of exchange-traded funds, has brought three ETFs to the UK market that aim to replicate three MarketGrader indices.
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Specialist sector's reign comes to end
27 Sep 2007
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Spiers steps down as Bestinvest director
27 Sep 2007
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Splintered raises money
28 Sep 2007
Splintered FilmsSplintered EIS
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Split heirs
27 Sep 2007
When it a split trust appropriate in business protection?
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SPML makes further criteria changes and hikes rates by a further 0.75 per cent
27 Sep 2007
SPML has followed Preferred and made further criteria changes to its product range as well as hiking rates by a further 0.75 per cent.
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Staff think employers don't care about stress
1 Oct 2007
A significant 48 per cent of employees believe their employer doesn't care how stressed they are at work, according to new research commissioned by healthcare provider HealthSure.
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'Stop sniping over certified and chartered planner status'
27 Sep 2007
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Swap shop
27 Sep 2007
Samantha Downes explains how falling swap rates have allowed lenders to lower fixed rates this month, reflecting optimism that the base rate has peaked for the moment
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Swing of things
27 Sep 2007
Amid recent turmoil in world stockmarkets, advisers are quite rightly recommending investors to diversify into assets other than equities. The property market is looking less profitable than it was and bonds are still unattractive so where do investors go?
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The flexibility factor
1 Oct 2007
Many organisations want group risk products tailored to their needs. Advisers feel that providers are not being flexible enough but providers argue that intermediaries are not taking advantage of the products offered. Debbie Lovewell reports
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The pension picture
27 Sep 2007
The Money Marketing Live conference and exhibition at Manchester's G-Mex on October 30 focuses on the pension issues, with contributions from 50 speakers and 85 exhibitors. Key industry figures will speak in the Money Marketing Pensions Arena and you could win a Mazda MX-5
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The special ones
27 Sep 2007
Those of you who have talked football with me know that I support Partick Thistle. Some years ago we found ourselves intertwined with the ubiquitous Ken Bates. Luckily, we escaped but for some time we had the services of the Chelsea reserves as and when needed. As such, I have to admit to an interest in the Blues and this week's management change caught my attention, briefly supplanting the Northern Rock issue.
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Thomsons Online sees 54% boost in turnover
1 Oct 2007
Thomsons Online Benefits increased group turnover by 54 per cent from 3.8m in 2005 to 5.9 in the year to the 31 December 2006.
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Thumbs up for New Star
28 Sep 2007
New StarEuropean Value Fund
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Tied advisers struggling to give good advice, says Which?
27 Sep 2007
More than two thirds of tied financial advisers fail to pass all the benchmarks for giving good financial advice, according to the results of an investigation by Which?.
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Timberlake leaves Standard Life following an internal restructure
2 Oct 2007
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To have and have not
27 Sep 2007
Liz Mancini reports that there is a growing divide in pension provision but hopes are rising that personal accounts could boost saving
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Tories back urgent reforms
27 Sep 2007
The Tories have written to Chancellor Alistair Darling offering to co-operate with any urgent action taken to reform banking regulation in the aftermath of the Northern Rock debacle.
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Tories bring out the sweeteners
1 Oct 2007
The Conservatives have begun to play their hand, possibly a little earlier than originally planned, in Blackpool this week with a series of concrete policy statements to the electorate.
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Tories promise compensation to collapsed pension scheme victims within three months of return to power
1 Oct 2007
The Conservatives kicked off the Party Conference last night by pledging to payback victims of collapsed pension schemes within three months of the Party returning to power, according to reports.
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Tories propose IHT threshold as £1m
1 Oct 2007
The Conservative party has pledged to raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1m in a bid to free middle England from the death tax.
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Tories to raise stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers
1 Oct 2007
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Tory proposal to up IHT threshold to £1m is unrealistic says Skandia
2 Oct 2007
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Tripartite failed first big test, says CBI
27 Sep 2007
The tripartite arrangement between the Bank of England, the FSA and the Treasury that was designed to maintain financial stability failed its first big test, according to the CBI.
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Trust founders on the rock
27 Sep 2007
Nicola York looks at whether Northern Rock can make a comeback
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Under cover
27 Sep 2007
Apathy and lack of knowledge makes the public buy poor products
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Wake up to the new flex era
1 Oct 2007
Firms are being drawn to flexible benefits yet IFAs seem to be in denial about the opportunities that this new avenue of business will bring. Rachel Gordon warns that advisers need to get their business into gear or risk losing out
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Wave caps maximum buy-to-let LTV at 85 per cent
28 Sep 2007
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What is in a name
27 Sep 2007
It seemed fitting that in a week when Money Marketing hosted a roundtable on boutiques another one announces its intention to come to market and challenge some of the big houses for its market share.
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'Where does generic advice begin or end?'
27 Sep 2007
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Will Northern Rock’s management team face the docks?
28 Sep 2007
The turmoil in the money markets is still the key issue on everyone’s minds in the mortgage world this week.
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Witan appoints third global manager
27 Sep 2007
Witan has appointed Thomas White International Ltd to manage a £150m mandate within the group’s investment trust £1.5bn.
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Woolwich and Abbey are set to break up Rock share
27 Sep 2007
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Woolwich deal good ata stretch
28 Sep 2007
Woolwich First Time Buyer Two Year Fixed Rate
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World according to SmartGarp
27 Sep 2007
Not long ago, the typical multi-manager was tending a plain vanilla portfolio of unit trusts. The Ucits III, Col and Nurs legislation has created an environment that allows far more sophisticated strategies.
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Wynne-Jones to exit Assureweb
27 Sep 2007
