Opinion

Poor investment returns, lack of understanding and unwillingness to save are the real issues

Labour had a field day with the LIBOR scandal. Coming after four years of simmering public resentment against the financial sector, the scandal involving bankers manipulating rates at the expense of ordinary people could not be easier to capitalise on....

Peter Hudson gives his take on guarantees

Four years after the £52m GP Noble fraud was first spotted, two men have been jailed in relation to the fraud and a further three cleared.

Barry Parr asks just what can trustees put their faith in?

Mergers and acquisitions sit at the aggressive end of the financial jungle: the sums are larger, the strategies rougher, the payoffs higher.

Government must choose between a stronger regulatory system or a cheaper one, argues Jonathan Stapleton

Andrew Short asks an expert panel about the role of the trustee in protecting member interests.

Hannah Brenton on the advent of auto-enrolment

While references are made to attitudes of distrust in the pensions industry, one of the most significant reasons for the low take-up of pensions - and potentially high auto-enrolment opt-out rates - is the current attitude to saving.