Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford comments on FSA proposals to more actively regulate complex financial products.
The latest economic figures, published this morning, show that the UK economy fell by 0.5% in the last three months of 2010.
A new report by consumer group Which? has highlighted the amount of risk taken by ‘cautious’ managed funds.
New research from Skandia has found that around £5bn of funds in With Profits Bonds could have a Market Value Reduction (MVR) free date this year.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,896.25, up 28.34 points or +0.48% on the day and down 105.82 points (-1.76%) over the week.
We comment on the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, after the latest interim levy of £326m announced to pay for the failures of Keydata Investment Services and others.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in an Interactive Investor article today, looking at the investment prospects for Frontier Markets in 2011.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford summarises the FSA policy statement about professional standards and the Retail Distribution Review.
Our latest LemonAid survey looks at the IMA UK Equity Income sector and identifies those funds investors should consider reviewing.
New research from Dickinson Dees has found that almost half of people expect to have to sell their homes to pay for the cost of long-term care in older age.
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