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More than one in five people retiring this year will still owe on average £33,100, Prudential research found.

Tidjane Thiam, group CEO for Prudential, is to chair the G20 High Level Panel for Infrastructure Investment until the November 2011 G20 Summit.

The BoE risks making the UK's debt problem bigger if it raises rates above 0.5% in the near-term to tackle "one-off" inflationary pressures, says the head of portfolio management at Prudential.

FSA chairman Adair Turner may ask the government for the power to block hostile buyouts in the banking sector in a bid to prevent aggressive acquisitions from disrupting financial stability.

Vince Smith-Hughes looks at how recent reform will affect the SIPP market.

The FTSE 100 is expected to receive a powerful boost from strong US markets overnight which hit highs last seen before the collapse of Lehman Brothers two years ago.

Annuity reform has by and large been welcomed. Helen Morrissey takes a look at how these changes will affect how people access their retirement income and asks if the rise in tax for those in income drawdown on death with bring problems

Prudential deputy chief executive Barry O'Dwyer has welcomed the Treasury's new draft rules for retirement options, but warns there may be problems ahead for value guaranteed annuities.

Alan Easter, strategy, product and development director at Honister Capital, has called on advisers to rally around AIFA during the transition to RDR and ignore those who make vocal exits from the trade body.

The FTSE had a volatile start to the day's trading as fears over conflict between North and South Korea hit gobal markets.