Resolution says it has "multiple routes" to complete its UK life consolidation project including further scale transactions, a series of smaller bolt-ons or a combination of the two.

Partnership's Chris Horlick says today's headline figures that 20,000 people are selling their homes to fund care is just the tip of the iceberg.

Over 20,000 pensioners were forced to sell their homes to pay for residential care last year, according to new figures out today.

Strong inflows into Prudential's asset management arm M&G and its with-profits products helped UK sales rise 3% to £548m for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2009.

In October 2010, the latest in the long series of Queen Elizabeth ocean liners was launched to general acclaim.

The Federal Reserve will pump $600bn (£373bn) into the US economy by the end of June next year to try and boost the fragile recovery.

Strong showings for Standard Life's SIPP and wrap propositions helped boost net inflows for the group by 60% to £7.2bn for the nine months to 30 September.

HAPPY 100th B'DAY FED

As NEST looks to recruit fund managers for a range of mandates, the Financial Times' David Stevenson asks if they have got their asset allocation model right.

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