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The pick of this week's articles on IFAonline...

Money Advice Service "What does MA think?" - that's the question being asked in the Money Advice Service's new advertising campaign, on the back of new research about the advice gap. Cost comparisons The FSA had a pretty simple message when it addressed some advisers this week: if you're switching investments, you better do some cost comparisons. BlackRock The FSA continued to rack up the big fines, with BlackRrock hit for £9.5m for client money breaches. Zurich Another week and another major life company had bad news for hundreds of employees. This time it was Zurich annou...

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