China has caught a lot of investors by surprise over the past 12 months.

Sound financial planning does not stop at retirement. We may stop working but our pensions now have to work harder and for longer.

Just as there is a two-speed Europe, it often seems, economically, Asia moves at two different speeds.

China is often viewed, perhaps justifiably, as an environmentally degraded smog-filled country.

The economic environment appears reasonably benign in the near term given the upswing in the industrial cycle, relatively subdued core inflation pressures and expectation that central banks will keep interest rates at their current ultra-low levels. The...

The current backdrop for fixed income markets looks particularly supportive and favours further yield compression and outperformance by corporate and emerging market bonds.

With markets rallying dramatically, investors' confidence has clearly rebounded as the threat of a potentially global depression lifted.

Why are so many pension wrappers calling themselves Sipps when clearly they are a long way from allowing all of the investments that an individual who truly wants to self invest could choose from?

Conservative plans to curtail tax-funded payments into child trust funds have not gone down well. The scheme should be expanded not cut back, says the industry

Investor appetite for derivative-based products remains strong as the recent credit crisis has proven to have educated investors about product vulnerabilities and risks