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The Financial Times columnist Samuel Brittan wrote recently about the current obsession with reviving old economists' work to look for contemporary lessons.

The investment trust industry, in some corners, finds itself in one of the periods of attacks it seems to face every couple of years. Many generalist trusts are relatively easy prey for so-called arbitrageurs.

Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes (UCIS) are a growing part of an adviser's potential portfolio of investment options, even though, as a sector, it is relatively young.

Last week's FSA fine against Barclays for poor complaints handling comes very soon after its warnings about absolute return funds and the discussion paper on risk profiling tools.

The New Year brings the inevitable predictions about the state of the economies and the future direction of stock market indices, which have taken on the genre of financial horoscopes.

Six months into a new administration, the coalition has begun to tackle the thorny issue of university fees and launched a welcome consultation on compulsory annuitisation, but it has so far shown no appetite to tackle the most fundamental issue facing...

The Global Emerging Markets sector was the bestselling IMA Sector in October, with net retail sales of £336m, the highest month on record for the sector, against a backdrop of net retail sales for the month of £2bn.

You would think intermediaries have enough to worry about for the future. Where will Europe's periphery go? What about RDR? Should they outsource allocation? The list goes on.

Last week showed the contrasting fortunes of two of the most well-known fund management groups in the UK market.

Niall Ferguson knows a thing or two about bubbles, having examined at least eight in The Ascent of Money, his thorough analysis of the financial world.