How often have you needed to obtain information quickly, but ended up spending far more time than anticipated with all the attendant frustration? If our experience is anything to go by, far too much time is wasted in chasing elusive pieces of information.

With this in mind, we have written a book which will give you ? in a readily accessible form ? a lot of basic facts about some of the key financial products. The ?survival guide? is not intended to be a detailed analysis of the various products, but something that will be helpful when you want information quickly as well as a comprehensive overview of the main products in one volume.