RP: Five things you might have missed

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In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days

Former director of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Maggie Craig has been appointed as the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) interim head of savings, investments and distribution. Wealth manager Ashcourt Rowan has sold its remaining SIPP and SSAS business to Mattioli Woods. The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has revived its joint scheme with Citizens Advice and plans to roll out pro bono advice across 100 of the organisation's branches with the "capacity to expand further". Hundreds of thousands of expats who raise an income in the UK could lose their right to use the pe...

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