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Changes proposed in the Pre-Budget Report (PBR) have prompted Fidelity FundsNetwork to develop four services it says will help those advisers keen on collective investments.

Fidelity International has launched a distributing share class on its Retirement Income fund which will offer 4% p.a. income paid monthly direct to investors' bank accounts.

Advisers are confused about the reasons behind the performance of with-profits bonds over the last year, research suggests.

Long-term savers are likely to reap the greatest rewards from Chancellor Alistair Darling's plans to set a flat rate for capital gains tax (CGT), according to Fidelity International.

Paul Ilott, formerly communications manager at Bates Investment Services, is to join Fidelity as investment communications consultant for its MultiManager Business for both retail and institutional channels.

Fidelity International's MultiManager Business has appointed Eugene Philalithis as a fixed income portfolio analyst.

Fidelity International has confirmed speakers and venues for its annual investment forum for 2007.

Fidelity's direct arm will refer its new Personal Pension clients to local IFAs when their needs are complex enough to require advice, the group announced today.

Fidelity UK retail boss Richard Wastcoat will step down at the end of the month.

Investors with a regular savings plan can do better in times of market instability than those depositing lump sums, Fidelity says.