Financial services

adviser groups are becoming more aggressive when negotiating the price of deals

With the widely recognised power of the Financial Ombudsman Scheme, reinforced by the high profile o...

Contracts for difference allow an investor to build up a significant holding without disclosing it, which means other shareholders might not be aware of activity which could influence the share price

The FSA moved to widen the derivatives market, giving retail investors access to the sector directly...

Fidelity FundsNetwork is to launch a with-profits review service in early 2007. The FundsNetwork...

The chairman harks back to a time when there were no rules at all in the investment game

Although a recent FSA statement has created concerns that intermediaries who use wrap cannot describe themselves as independent, as long as they justify the advice given for each client they should encounter no regulatory problems

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Managers of investment trusts have greater investment freedom than their peers in the world of Oeics and unit trusts but Ucits III will allow open-ended vehicles to make greater use of derivatives

Structured products