Search

It's currently cheaper, highly targeted, delivers results quicker and is taking over the world: how many more reasons do businesses need to mobilise their search offering? By Sean Hargrave The [...]

Significant deficiencies have been uncovered by the FSA in marketing literature for structured products from several plan managers even after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Following the regulator's review of [...]

Once the darlings of the financial services industry, credit card brands Goldfish and Egg are under new ownership and both saw in the New Year with grand relaunch plans. But […]

Firm defends approach as door-stepped advisers call for end to 'prehistoric practices' Several advisers have complained after they were door-stepped by Edward Jones salespeople trying to sell them investment products. […]

The introduction of wrap to our business started with a fundamental rethink of our business model and client service proposition. We concluded that we wanted to move away from the […]

Alliance & Leicester has become the latest name to confirm an interest in the intermediary secured loans market as part of a major push into the sector. The firm will […]

Merrill Lynch has gone direct to consumer via its Mortgages PLC brand with the launch of the Mortgage Magic website. The website, which launched last Monday, offers remortgages, self-cert, buy-to-let, [...]

IBIS Capital is a corporate finance advisory and investment business focused on the media sector. The IBIS Capital Media Indices are a set of proprietary analytical tools developed to monitor […]

Investors in football may have scored an own-goal, with the Dow Jones football index down by 3.4 per cent since launch in 1991. This week, the investment industry has been […]

Morgan Stanley is understood to have appointed Tequila/London to handle its #20m credit card direct marketing account. Morgan Stanley has previously worked with Tullo Marshall Warren. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. […]

Barnardo's has appointed Target Direct to create a legacy programme to support communications with the charity's disparate audiences. The initiative kicks off in March with a mailing to existing supporters. [...]

As one of the wealthiest counties in the UK, moving from London over-spill to typical stockbroker belt, Surrey is classic IFA territory. From the suburbs to the South-west of London, […]

Britannic Asset Management will attempt to boost awareness among independent financial advisors (IFAs) with the second phase of its brand building direct marketing campaign. The drive, devised by The Bridge, [...]

Zurich Financial Services is teaming up with Killik & Co to target the wealth management market with the first sterling-based US-style wrap account. Killik-owned Seven Investment Management will offer Zurich's […]

The reputation of split-cap investment trusts as low-risk investments has been thrown into doubt this week following publication of a report by Merrill Lynch. The report claims that zero-dividend preference […]

Our panel of experts look at how many will survive the stakeholder scrap and the future for commission How many stakcholder providers do you predict there will be in a […]

There appears to be no end in sight to the decade-long period of economic stagnation in Japan, with even zero interest rates unable to prompt significant economic growth. However, the [...]

Morgan Stanley is developing its credit card brands by sponsoring situation comedy Frasier, with its first broadcast break bumpers to carry a freephone number. Morgan Stanley is running responsive bumper [...]

The use of past performance in financial ads is unlikely to face an all-out ban by the FSA, according to the head of its task force examining issue. Consumer director […]

One of the perennial problems for IFAs is making sure they have an adequate supply of fully up to date literature from product providers. Brochures, application forms, generic key features […]

Merrill Lynch HSBC and Brithish Airways have set up a marketing deal designed to benefit clients of-both companies by offering cash, shares and BA Air Miles. The online financial services […]

Prudential is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Prudence Bond by giving an extra 2 per cent allocation on all investments. From July 16, new investors and customers topping up […]

Royal & Sun Alliance is offering an extra 1 per cent allocation to all new customers investing in its with-profits bond until October 31. The company is making the offer […]

Online broker E*Trade UK is planning a major direct marketing assault to tie in with the launch of an expanded range of products. The company, which has hired TDA to [...]

ABN Amro is running an ad campaign to publicise its Pep transfer facility and high-light its involvement in the UK equity market. The campaign, designed by ad agency Radiate Design, […]

Lobbying by leading fund managers and advertisers is forcing TDI, the company responsible for London Underground poster ads, to develop a new poster placement policy. Leading names such as Gartmore […]

Three of the UK's top fund management groups are teaming up this autumn to present a series of roadshows to IFAs around the country. Invesco Perpetual, M&G and Schroders have […]

We have all the ingredients for bumper trading if we can overcome lack of investor confidence and poor markets It should be the bonanza of all times but, with such […]

Barclays Stockbrokers is launching its first managed stocks and shares Isa and is waiving its management fee for anyone investing before the end of June. It says the Isa is4 […]

Tilney Investment Management is sponsoring the annual Melrose Sevens rugby union event in a six-figure deal over three years. The fund manager is hoping to raise its profile among its […]

As I had just made enquiries with www.sharepeople.com, the timing of this mailing was excellent. However, I nearly missed it, due to the complex wording of the proposition. Inside, the [...]

INVESTMENT house M&G has launched its first customer relationship management (CRM) programme in a bid to convert short-term investors into lifelong prospects. The Prudential-owned company says it will ditch its [...]

First Direct is using direct mail to convert banking customers to its new independent broking service. The service will launch in January offering independent advice on a host of insurance [...]

The FSA is examining with profits bonds to see if consumers need to be protected. Sources within the FSA confirm it is approaching all with-profits bond providers for copies of […]

HALIFAX Share Dealing is launching an intensive, three-week fully integrated marketing campaign, leaving 'no stone unturned' in an attempt to raise the brand's profile. The push focuses on Halifax's new [...]

STOCKTRADE, the online and telephone execution-only sharedealing service, is testing direct mail for the first time in order to determine its effectiveness as a route to market for client recruitment. [...]

The first listing of shares issued by a Jersey-based Australian company on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) follows a landmark development for the CISX after obtaining approval as a [...]

SELFTRADE, the online share trading operation, is launching a responsive marketing campaign to help its expansion into Europe, starting with the UK. Press, radio, DRTV and online advertising will carry [...]

Electronic trading platform EMX has revised the timetable for product providers and IFAs which have yet to join the scheme. The new dates are July 31, August 31, September 29 […]

Don't point the finger in naming confusion In response to the article on a business suppression all-party meeting (PM May 24), I would like to clarify a few points before [...]

The London Stock Exchange is targeting private investors with SMS price alerts for the first time. It plans to promote its revamped website and build its database of registered users. [...]

MORGAN STANLEY FTSE CAPITAL PLUS PLAN Type: Capital-protected bond Aim: Growth linked to the performance of the FTSE 100 index Minimum-maximum investment: 5,000 [pounds sterling]-no maximum, Isa 3,000 [pounds sterling]-7,000 […]

The London Stock Exchange is overhauling its online activity for the start of the next financial year. The Stock Exchange is revamping its website--which offers extensive financial information and services--and [...]

The London Stock Exchange will sell ad space on its Web site for the first time when it relaunches early in 2004. Londonstockexchange.com, which claims more than 800,000 unique monthly […]

Cantor Index, the spread-betting and derivatives trading arm of US brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald, is launching a mobile trading service with a direct blitz. The firm has appointed Spirit Integrated Communications [...]