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The FTSE 100 continued to recover today as banks lifted the index higher on signs that some of the instability in Europe is coming to an end.

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The role of advisers must be a key focus for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) market study into the workplace defined contribution (DC) pension market, according to Aegon.

The 'super-wealthy' paid 10% more tax last year as a result of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) high net-worth unit which netted the Exchequer an additional £220m, the Telegraph reports.

Better-off pensioners should pay tax at a similar rate to younger people on comparative incomes, according to the Fabian Society.

Peter Hargreaves is now the country's 47th richest person, with a fortune of more than £1.5bn, according to the 2013 Sunday Times Rich List.

A fifth of women abandon paying into a pension after divorce and a quarter reduce their general savings, according to research from Phoenix Group.

Chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Andrew Bailey, has said it is "more than odd" that the top bosses in control of failed banks have avoided formal charges.