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The FTSE closed today with triple-digit losses as George Osborne's assertion Britain is out of the financial "danger-zone" failed to lift investors fretting over the euro debt crisis.

Chancellor George Osborne said "Britain is on the mend" and its recovery "on track" as he set out a new blueprint for growth following the OBR's growth projections.

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has raised its estimate for economic growth this year to 1.8% from 1.2%.

Fidelity has expressed "sympathy" for wraps following plans for a cash rebate ban - a move it says will be difficult to implement - and thinks the regulator may reconsider its position.

The FTSE has lost its early banking-fuelled gains as investors took stock of disappointing mortgage data.

Closed-end life group Chesnara has acquired pensions provider Save & Prosper Group, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Marketing, for £63.5m.

Elevate says the cash rebate ban is "not a massive deal" but has nevertheless vowed to lobby the FSA in an effort to understand the "confusing" rationale behind it.

Mearns & Co, Informed Choice, Torquil Clark, Investment Quorum, and Clarity have won Gold Standard Awards for Independent Financial Advice.