Themes for the new Isa season

With a new Isa season fast approaching, recent events and prevailing market volatility mean bond funds and fixed-term products should prove popular

The sheer terror and devastation caused on 11 September will forever be etched in our collective memories. Everyone's first thoughts were for the families of the victims but as time goes by and everyday life returns to some form of normality, questions have to be asked about the longer-term ramifications. The world has changed has been an often-used phrase and while it may be an apt way of conveying the magnitude of this atrocity, it is also open to misinterpretation. Politically, there is a strong case for saying that things have indeed changed. The almost universal condemnation ...