The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is the adviser facing arm and an integral part of the Chartered Insurance Institute.  It is the leading professional organisation for financial advisers and enjoys a membership of some 25,000 professional practitioners.  Where the Chartered Insurance Institute, with a worldwide membership of some 95,000, sets professional standards and examinations for practitioners across the insurance and financial services sectors including the financial planning suite of exams - the Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning - the PFS focuses on developing the professional financial adviser of the future delivering up to the minute technical education and relevant benefits. A recent development saw the launch of the hard won status of Chartered Financial Planner for both individuals and firms both of which have been embraced enthusiastically by practitioners. www.thepfs.org

Established in early 2006, London-based CoreData Research is a subsidiary of Australian market intelligence and research consultancy Brandmanagement. CoreData Research provides financial services institutions with market intelligence and in-depth analysis on banking, pension and insurance customers, as well as on active retail investors in the UK. In 2007 CoreData Research carried out research looking at investor and adviser views on self-invested personal pensions (Sipps), wraps and investment platforms and small business finance and banking. It also worked with Pensions Management magazine at Financial Times Business to provide data on adviser views for the PM technology, admin and service (TAS) awards and is currently engaged in other research projects with FT Business and other UK organisations. Andrew Inwood, CEO and founder of the Brandmanagement group including CoreData Research, is a regular visitor to the UK and has a wide knowledge of the UK market gained in senior marketing positions at AMP and Virgin Money. CoreData Research's UK head is Matthew Craig, a freelance financial journalist with 14 years experience of the UK pensions and investments industry.

www.coredataresearch.co.uk

The ABI is the voice of the insurance and investment industry.  Its members constitute over 90 per cent of the insurance market in the UK and 20 per cent across the EU.  They control assets equivalent to a quarter of the UK’s capital.  They are the risk managers of the UK’s economy and society.  Through the ABI their voice is heard in Government and in public debate on insurance, savings, and investment matters.  And through the ABI they come together to improve customers' experience of the industry, to raise standards of corporate governance in British business and to protect the public against crime.  The ABI prides it self on thinking for tomorrow, providing solutions to policy challenges based on the industry’s analysis and understanding of the risks we all face. www.abi.org.uk

The Institute of Financial Planning is the UK professional body of those committed to the development of the multi-discipline profession of Financial Planning. The Institute was formed in 1986 to:

• Promote the profession and practice of Financial Planning

• Increase public awareness of the need for Financial Planning

• Create a recognised professional qualification for its members

• Ensure ethical standards through its Code of Ethics and Practice Standards

• Encourage education in the theory and practice of Financial Planning

• Share members’ knowledge and skills with other professionals for the benefit of their clients

• Establish a Registry of Certified Financial Planner CM professionals

For further information please ring 01179-452470 or visit the website.

www.financialplanning.org.uk

TISA is the trade association for the retail financial services sector. TISA works to improve tax incentivised savings schemes and promotion of savings in the UK. TISA works closely with industry, government, HM Treasury (HMT), HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to enhance and improve the range, features, benefits, promotion and quality of savings schemes in the UK. These include Individual Savings Accounts (ISA), Child Trust Funds (CTF), personal pensions, employer-based schemes, and other consumer-centric, Government savings schemes and savings initiatives. TISA is the key trade association involved in presenting a cohesive industry view to the FSA on WRAP and Fund Supermarkets or platforms.

www.tisa.uk.com

The vision and mission of The European Banking News Network is to provide our subscribers with accurate, relevant, timely news, strategic analysis and business critical information on all issues taking place within the financial services sector.

The site provides information on the following five key areas:

1.        Banking news

2.       Wealth Management news

3.       Compliance & Legal news

4.       Financial IT news

5.       Offshore jurisdiction news

6.       Alternative Investment News

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IFA Life is the online business resource and social network for IFAs, Financial Planners and Mortgage Advisers.  Share best practice, improve your Internet presence and find new clients by joining today. When you join, like many other IFAs you'll discover sales, marketing and business development tools - specifically designed to help IFAs and financial advisers to build the visibility, professional credibility and profitability of their businesses. And like IFA Life members, you'll discover help, friendship and support from other financial professionals.
In short, IFA Life is the Financial Adviser's Home on the Internet.

www.ifalife.com

“Essential information for senior Wealth Management professionals”

TheWealthNET is the leading information site providing real-time breaking news in the growing area of wealth management. With over six years of archived material, including sector analysis, interviews and extensive market reports from our sister magazines Wealth Management, Trust & Estate Practitioner and Wealth Technology, TheWealthNET is an essential tool for anyone engaged in this market place.

Core Content:

• Real-time breaking news about the latest industry stories

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To evaluate the site for yourself please you can take out a trial subscription by going to: www.thewealthnet.com or E-mail James Baker on jbaker@tru-est.com or call +44 20 7674 0418

Private Client Practitioner is written for private client practitioners by private client practitioners, creating a bi-monthly forum of key domestic and international issues for discussion. The editorial content provides a valuable insight into new developments within private client practice. The publication is guided by an editorial panel of leading private client professional from the UK, as well as the world's principal trust jurisdictions. The panel is in discussion throughout the year to ensure that the editorial content remains relevant and topical.

Core Content:

• News - via TheWealthNET

• Book Review - Recently published books and journals reviewed and discussed

• Industry Interview - Key industry professionals interviewed

• Technical Reports - Cases, precedents and other technical developments affecting the trust and estate industry

• Topical Feature - Important review on a major industry sector (see editorial calendar below)

• Jurisdiction Review - An update of a major trust and estate jurisdiction (see editorial calendar below)

• People Moves - Digest of private client appointments, linked to TopWealthJOBS, the leading industry appointments website

http://www.tru-est.com

PAM UK and its online sister product PAMonline combine to provide the definitive guide to private asset managers within the UK. PAM UK has become the industry 'bible' for anyone accessing information on UK private asset managers. PAMonline is the essential search product for UK private investors and their professional intermediaries. Both products have been developed to interact with each other, providing their audiences with easy and accessible sources of qualitative and quantitative data.

www.pamonline.com

Trusts & Estates provides practical advice on tax planning opportunities and the law.  Edited by Richard Williams, this newsletter is published 10 times a year and provides an accurate, timely guide to the key issues affecting tax planning developments and legal issues relating to trusts and estates. To subscribe, or for more information contact steven.cowan@informa.com or visit: http://www.informafinance.com/tae.

The world's leading publisher of management journals and databases proudly presents to you…Journal of Financial Regulation & Compliance

The Journal of Financial Regulation & Compliance is a peer-reviewed publication which publishes detailed, authoritative papers by the foremost experts in the field.  Bringing you up-to-date with latest developments, analysis and thinking on the practical consequences of the regulatory affairs – both nationally and internationally. To find out more about this and the other journals we publish, please visit: www.emeraldinsight.com/jfrc.html or contact Carol Durham for further information. cdurham@emeraldinsight.com Tel: +44 (0) 1274 785185