In general, the five tax breaks available under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) make it one of the most attractive vehicles for private investment available in the current environment - 30% up front tax relief, freedom from Capital Gains and Inheritance...

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With over 400 investment trusts available to investors, how do you pick the best one for your clients? Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, offers his tips.

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As creators of credit, banks are in a very privileged position. To create a loan, the equivalent of making a sale for other companies, banks just need to type a number into a computer and hit ‘enter'. This is a licence that frequently gets abused if banks...

Question: What important role do you see these products playing in the retirement income space in future? Calm before a storm?

Question: Complexity and cost are two reasons I give when asked why I don't recommend unit-linked guarantees to my customers. Are we likely to see more cost effective products coming onto the market?

Question: What are you doing to allay customer concerns about the longevity of this market?

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Standard Bank's head of Advisory Stockbroking, Neville Falla, has become the first person in Jersey to achieve The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment's (CISI) new benchmark qualification.