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Generali International has added Castlestone Management's Aliquot Commodity Ucits fund to its unit-linked fund range, following investor demand for access to commodities.

Britannia International has launched a new issue of its Guaranteed Capital Bond.

Nationwide International has launched Issue 7 of its Lifetime Guarantee Account.

People with their main residence abroad who regularly visit the UK and consider themselves outside the UK tax net should think again, according to Baker Tilly.

Bradford and Bingley International, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Abbey, has launched three fixed rate bonds.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the struggling bank, is preparing to axe up to 3,000 staff across its worldwide workforce as it braces itself against the onslaught of the global recession, The Times reports.

Zurich plans to realign its agency distribution model in Hong Kong in a drive to equip its agents with skills and long-term incentives to meet customers' and regulators' expectations.

VAM Funds has appointed Stephen Reddaway as business development consultant for Europe.

Barclays was trying urgently to renegotiate the terms of its £7bn fund raising on Wednesday night following a bitter shareholder revolt over the terms offered to its Middle Eastern investors, The Telegraph reports.

Corazon Capital has launched its Geneva-based business, designed to offer discretionary portfolio management to investors and advisers in the region and those using Switzerland as a financial base.