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An alarmingly high number of consumers do not know how to risk-rate standard financial products, such as equity ISAs and with-profits bonds, research suggests.
Skerritts’ head of investments Andrew Merricks asks if there are any ‘safe’ investments out there as the eurozone hurtles towards a messy denouement.
Saga paid 12 people £13,000 each in compensation after one of its advisers mis-sold them funds within long term care (LTC) plans.
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Around two thirds of people disagree with the attitude to risk given to them by risk profilling tools, Axa Wealth has claimed.
Some customers handle risk differently from others. Mike Morrison explains the virtues of understanding their varying risk tolerances
Fidelity Fundsnetwork has unveiled a shortlist of 16 funds approved by Old Broad Street Research (OBSR) as suitable for Junior ISAs.
Providers’ claims that attitude-to-risk questionnaires can be as much as 93% accurate are being challenged by advisers.
As I relaxed back in the armchair with my cup of tea, my mother-in-law put down her book and fixed me with a beady eye.
In this Retirement Planner inquiry, Helen Morrissey asks what must happen in order to raise awareness of unit-linked guarantees
Nationals round-up: Investment trusts continued to get more publicity, while power of attorney, pensions, downsizing and fee-based advice all got a mention.
It has been three years since Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, creating the biggest banking failure in history and sending shockwaves through global markets.
Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the government will revisit the issue of risk-sharing as part of its drive to reinvigorate occupational pensions.
Risk is a hot topic at the moment. The turmoil on the stock exchange has seen a big increase in market risk while Standard & Poor’s has lowered its opinion of the US’s credit risk.
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