ISA

Leaving aside the question of advice, do you see simple protection products as a threat to IFAs or a stepping stone for clients? Should IFAs sell them alongside fully featured products?

The Treasury will not use tax incentives to encourage more workplace saving for retirement, Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargeaves Lansdown said.

Weekend papers round-up: Spanish property, the value of marriage and Swiss tax exiles were all on the news agenda, while popular acronyms included JISAs and MINTs.

TISA director general Tony Vine Lott on whether JISAs can really create a new generation of savers

The government must create financial incentives to use ISAs such as a National Insurance (NI) break, according to Hymans Robertson.

ISAs have failed low income workers with inadequate savings and only benefit people who would have saved anyway, a think tank claims.

Nationals round-up: Risks of bonds, Swiss savings targeted by the taxman and a think tank suggests ISAs should be scrapped.

Pensions provider AJ Bell has added an ISA and a dealing account to its Sippdeal platform, and will now offer an annual fund rebate of up to 0.5% across all three accounts.

Nationals round-up: House prices could be a worry over the next few years, while income protection is back on the agenda...

Technology provider Cboxx offers an alternative explanation for poor ISA sales...