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The potential lifetime allowance freeze, hidden investment charges and Woodford's got the gang back together - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

Neil Woodford's gang of six The group of six "core lieutenants" who stuck by fallen fund manager Neil Woodford through his worst times have now signed up for almost identical roles at his new enterprise WCM Partners, The Times reports. Jon Adair, Paul Green, Craig Newman, Alex Staples, Kristian Penttila and Yvonne Pownall have all begun almost identical roles at WCM Partners, Woodford's new business. The ‘paper also says Woodford's new firm will start by working with Acacia, which bought many of the life sciences companies from his failed fund. Rishi Sunak's pension allowance fr...

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