The Options Campaign, launched in October 2008, aims to improve turnaround times and standardise the annuity transfer process with an electronic system. So far 15 providers, accounting for more than 90% of annuity business, have signed up to the scheme...
The constant search for the next-best fund, the cult of the star manager and the disproportionate use of performance as a way of selling funds have underpinned the UK asset management industry over the past 20 years. But as current market conditions highlight...
Investment Week understands at least three major asset management companies raised concerns with the...
One of the things emerging from the shocks that have been delivered to our financial system is a con...
Say it quietly, but I think I might have spotted the bottom or near-bottom of the market. Let me tak...
Since A-Day, the rules in the pension market have changed considerably, but how are the changes in legislation that were implemented three years ago affecting the growth of the transfer market?
Hanbury-run Ucits III vehicle aims to target discretionary portfolio managers at the high-end of the market
Greater regulatory control will be exerted over the activities of credit ratings agencies and hedge f...
The FSA is consulting on whether to extend its code of remuneration practices, designed to clamp-dow...
The roots of the current crisis can be traced back to two pieces of legislation whose significance a...