Five things clients will call you about this week

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It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Rotten pensions The Times named and shamed some of the worst-performing personal pension funds, which it urged readers to dump. The ‘frightful five' were Scottish Equitable European, Scottish Equitable North American, Standard Life Sterling, Scottish Life Property and Standard Life Property. Among the alternatives suggested were the AXA Framlington Managed Balanced and Newton Real Return funds, while investors looking for more control were directed towards SIPPs. Fund of funds There was a significant increase in inflows into ‘fund of funds' in the second quarter and the Financial ...

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