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Certified Financial Planners (CFP) will have access to gap-fill sessions in nationwide events organised by the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP).

Fund groups have recognised there are areas where they can offer help and expertise to ensure advisers meet the RDR deadline.

Financials dominate Forbes 2010 list of the biggest, most powerful companies in the world after a year of stellar performance and eye-watering profits.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has reported quarterly profit rose 67%, but revenue at the US bank remains under pressure amid sluggish loan growth and mounting mortgage costs.

Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have been asked by the SEC to make employees available as witnesses in a probe of potential interest-rate manipulation.

Advisers are warning low-cost actively managed funds could disappoint investors in the same way as many flavour of the month absolute return portfolios.

Maria Merricks investigates the introduction of low-cost actively managed funds.

J.P. Morgan's alternatives arm Highbridge Capital Management has launched the Highbridge Diversified Commodities fund offering investors access to commodities futures in a Ucits III format.

Guy de Blonay has turned over 20% of the £900m Jupiter Financial Opportunities fund, selling out of major Chinese banks and buying into US financials.

JP Morgan Chase has hired Sally Dewar, the former head of risk at the FSA, to help manage its global response to regulatory change.