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The third annual joint Association of Investment Companies/IFA Promotion poll of around 200 fund managers and IFAs has found the industry looking generally positive about prospects next year, albeit with some differences.

The Way Group has launched an offshore bond which is designed to provide a different approach to risk profiling.

A lack of communication about the funding status of defined benefit schemes could have the potential to lead to a "financial scandal".

National Savings & Investments has increased the rates it pays out, in line with the 0.25% increase announced recently by the Bank of England.

Growth of Standard Life's sales has been heavily dominated this year by the pension reforms of A-Day, according to the life insurer's latest business figures.

Ian Frost is moving from BlackRock to Investec Asset Management to become a global fixed income portfolio manager while Aegon Asset Management has also announced a series of new arrivals to its fixed income team.

Sales of offshore investments are estimated to have grown in the UK by as much as 50% last year. This makes this market one of the fastest growing markets in UK financial services so it is surprising for me to still come across IFAs who discount it automatically....

Are these events related? The European Savings Directive does not generate as much revenue as was expected; investigation into Barclays' offshore accounts reveals poor declaration of offshore accounts, and there is a strong increase in the amount of money...

Investment house F&C has announced it has moved underweight in equities for the first time in three years, but this contrasts with research from New Star which suggests equities perform best between October and January.

Rod Davidson is joining Scottish Widows Investment Partnership as its global head of fixed income.