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Consumers are more concerned about interest rates than at any time since November 2004, according to the Consumer Barometer published by Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets.

Britons are more likely to be thinking about saving than spending in the run-up to Christmas this year, research from L&G suggests.

Nearly 80% of retail investors are confident the stock market will do well over the next 12 months, according to a TD Waterhouse survey of about 1,000 UK adults who also traded stocks and shares in the past year.

With the ABI now turning its attention to income protection, what can be done to give hope to a product that has suffered yet more declining sales? Lucy Quinton investigates Click here to download pdf

People in the Southeast and women in particular will find retirement a struggle, according to the results of research published by JP Morgan INVEST.

Another consumer survey suggests despite a desire to save, taxation and other factors mean most people will ultimately end up living in varying degrees of poverty in retirement.

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Borrowers are steering clear of a truly accessible policy plan, seemingly based on bad PR and lack of information. Barbara Cockburn asks why so many homeowners are avoiding MPPI Click here to download pdf

Abbey is to offer its remortgage customers a streamlined property survey services as of today.

With falling sales, concerns about viability, confusion over new ABI requirements and a poor public image, Barbara Cockburn asks whether critical illness insurance is a terminal case Click here to download pdf