subject: Vision Shopsters: UK Investment Bonds 2010 [print this page] Introduction Introduction
Changes to the Capital Gains Tax regime have queried viability of the investment bond against a backdrop of financial markets emerging out of a recession. Providers are presented with a scenario for success if investors are made aware of clear circumstances where a bond is an advantageous investment.
Scope
*Examines the current shape of the investment bond industry and explore factors that are currently limiting new business.
*Analyzes the use of wrap platforms in the distribution of bonds with focus on how technological developments can enable better business.
*Reviews tax and regulatory changes that are challenging the investment bond market.
*Identifies key competitors and examines their differing strategies in the UK investment bond market.
Highlights
Despite changes to CGT, the investment bond is still a viable part of an investment portfolio. The smoothing factor of with-profits bonds offers the nervous investor the opportunity to even out the volatility of returns from the stock market and other underlying investments.
Economic uncertainty is a key challenge faced by the investment bond market, although a changing regulatory and tax environment continues to bring new challenges to providers, IFAs and retail clients alike.
Reasons to Purchase
*Gain unique insight into the tax and regulatory changes that are driving the investment bond market.
*Understand the investment bond market, the distribution trends and the key technological developments driving new business.
*Access Datamonitor's forecasts for the market and valuable knowledge of how the sector is set to develop to 2014.
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