Axa Sun Life is planning a multi-million-pound marketing and advertising push in the new year to promote the Axa brand name. The company was created from the £690m merger of Axa Equity & Law and Sun Life & Provincial Holdings in July. The new campaign will start in April when Axa Life, the new direct-sales […]

The flexible drawdown plan from Eagle Star is one of latest entrants into the competitive income-drawdown market. Our panel review the product and compare it with similar plans offered by Scottish Widows and Winterthur Life. The panel generally agree that the Eagle Star plan is suitable for its market. Bottriell says: “The suitability of the […]

Morgan Grenfell Asset Management is returning to the retail market with a protected unit trust modelled on its institutional managed risk equity fund. The All-Weather equity fund aims to provide an element of protection to investors who are seeking exposure to equities but are uncomfort-able with the perceived risk. But the biggest challenge will be […]

Small discount brokers are facing a threat to their future business following the launch of the first touchtone trading system by Charles Schwab Europe. Charles Schwab, formerly Share Link, is rolling out a system that will let investors carry out automated share dealings using a phone keypad. Many IFAs believe the move represents the first […]