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Protection sales figures released by the ABI today show new single premium business crashed nearly 80% on last year while the group market is proving most resurgent in its recessional recovery.

Individual pensions sales fell by 25% in the third quarter of 2009, according to the latest figures from the ABI.

Deutsche Bank has appointed Nick Shellard as UK head of ETF sales to bolster the bank's ETF business in the UK market.

The summer lull in the mortgage market can be attributed to seasonal decline and was not evidence of another prolonged downturn, the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) says.

The FSA has proposed a ban on exploitative advertising and high-pressure sales techniques by sale and rent back (SRB) firms.

LV= saw new life and pensions sales grow in the first half of 2009 despite falling savings and protection business.

The disgraced financier Bernie Madoff has received a $13,800 (£8,500) tax rebate, angering clients who lost billions in the biggest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history.

Skandia remains the top platform, attracting the highest volume of new sales for the first half of this year, according to the latest data for the platforms market.

Scottish Life is to offer dedicated support to major IFA firm in the London area who have adopted an ‘RDR-style' business model.

Just Retirement saw record business levels in the second quarter of 2009, though it was not enough to prevent the group from posting a sales decline in the 2008/09 financial year.