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Best Practice | 27 Jul 17

Searches and applications for life insurance in the UK have risen over the past year, which contradicts conventional wisdom that in tougher economic and political times like these protection sales take a downturn and creates an opportunity for advisers.

Multi Asset | 25 Jul 17

More than a third (36%) of UK advisers are mainly using multi-asset strategies with clients, up from less than a fifth (18%) last year, research from Aegon UK has found.

Tax & Regulation | 14 Jun 17

After an astonishing general election that delivered a hung UK parliament, there has been nothing but political uncertainty in recent weeks. All eyes now turn to the delayed Queen’s Speech on 19 June, setting out the legislative programme for this year. Click on the arrows in picture below to see five things likely to come up in her speech.

Macro Views | 9 Jun 17

The thesaurus doesn’t offer a decent alternative to “uncertainty”, the post-election word du jour, yet Theresa May’s dire performance makes it likely we will be reading the word many times a day for the foreseeable future.

Investment | 9 Jun 17

The universally acknowledged poor decision by UK prime minister Theresa May to call a snap election and then alienate her core voting base, resulting in a hung parliament, initially dented sterling by around 2% but has had little real impact on the stock market.