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Catch up: Five pensions stories you might have missed

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was born in the aftermath of a crisis, so that is all it knows, but it has laid the groundwork for making markets work well again, its chairman John-Griffith Jones is expected to say in a speech on Thursday.

Pensions experts have called for the government to help savers access their pensions tax-free to fund long-term care.

Limits on the amounts payday lenders can charge customers - including a rule stating lenders cannot receive more in fees and interest on a loan than the amount borrowed - have been confirmed by the financial regulator.

Prudential has been paid £155m for the sale of its 25% stake in PruHealth and PruProtect to South African insurance group Discovery.

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Transact and Ageas Protect have teamed up to launch an investment-linked life cover policy available via Transact's platform.

Three former senior executives of a high street insurer have been banned and fined a total of almost £1m for failing to prevent - and in some cases actively encouraging - the development of an aggressive sales culture which led to the mis-selling of insurance...

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Annuities sales at Aviva were down 33% in the first nine months of the year however its UK life operation returned to growth in the third quarter, interim results show.