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When choosing a self-invested personal pension (Sipp), it is vital to select the right provider. Getting it wrong usually means no more chances - especially for the investor

Joanna Faith reports on the failure of the ratings agencies in the financial crisis and the need for a complete overhaul of the industry

Kathy Byrne of Askis Limited looks at the opportunities in money market funds

S&P's Tony Angel says credit ratings fared well during severe conditions and succeeded as benchmarks against default risk

The severe economic downturn is addressing the issues that for so long were dollar negative, writes Peter Geikie-Cobb and Paul Thursby of Thames River

Andrew Rubio of Throgmorton asks if the EU's Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive is smart regulation or political shambles?

The challenge of client-focused investment is coming into starker focus as packaged investment solutions such as model portfolios and target date funds are becoming increasingly popular

Eurozone government debt is turning investors away from the highly publicised Piigs nations and onto countries with different budgetary issues

The economic challenges facing the coalition government could mean victory was something of a poisoned chalice... and Labour was the ultimate victor, writes Dan Kemp of Saltus

Anthony Chan of Alliance Bernstein looks at China's hidden debt and asks it portends a new sub-prime crisis in the region