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Polar Capital's James Salter reflects on the outlook for the Japanese stock market under new Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama

With quantative easing measures contributing to strong market rallies, it could be that the worst of the cuts in dividends is over

While the Pensions Act 2007 outlined changes to the Basic State Pension and Second State pension, including raising the retirement age for both men and women to 68 eventually, so the Pensions Act 2008 has focused on reforming workplace pension provision...

Why do offshore asset management centres remain popular and can offshore investors thrive under renewed global regulatory pressure?

Changes are afoot that will likely lead to a sea change in money management. Core wealth management funds have flexible asset allocations and are designed to keep out of bad markets and stay in good ones

As an asset, timberland contains the characteristic of many natural resources currently traded, stored and incorporated within investment portfolios, with a number of substantial benefits

The FSA recently passed comment on the perceived strengths of ETFs, but it is important to ascertain when ETFs are a suitable investment and when they are not.

Choosing a Sipp provider has never been harder. There are more than 100 out there, with new ones joining the marketplace every month. Carrying out due diligence on a provider before using them is essential, but how is best to go about this?

Absolute return investing is the latest trend sweeping the investment world, but investors who do not have the necessary hedge fund experience need to proceed with caution...

A healthy increase in enhanced annuity sales has been heralded as a sure sign of progress by the industry. Latest figures show Q2 sales were up 30% on last year and accounted for 17% of all annuities written