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Isle of Man-based Canada Life International (CLI) has expanded its internal fund range with the addition of the BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha fund.

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England today voted to keep the UK base rate at 5% for the third month in a row.

Paul Bradshaw is to become non-executive chairman of Rhyl-based IFA Buckles.

Equitable Life is to call on the Government to pay damages as quickly as possible to policyholders who lost out following the near collapse of the UK's oldest mutual insurer, The Telegraph reports.

Investors urgently need to learn how to assess debt risks, while companies themselves must offer clearer disclosure, according to SVM Asset Management's Colin McLean.

A new protected portfolio investment fund managed by Skandia International launched on 1 July and is open for a six-week period.

Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer is now promoting its Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav absolute return bond fund range to UK investors, it has announced.

A damning report into the near-collapse of Equitable Life will highlight failings by government regulators and pave the way for billions of pounds in compensation to be paid out of the public purse, The Telegraph exclusive reveals.

Non-domiciled Spanish property owners should not assume they will automatically get excess tax back from the Spanish government and should look before leaping on to the bandwagon, according to accountancy firm Baker Tilly.

Research commissioned by Hartford Life has suggested that financial providers are falling short on customer service satisfaction and are consequently losing business.