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Personal accounts will go ahead with means-testing in place as there is no viable alternative, claims the government.

There have been a few developments recently which have put the spotlight on the relationship between the client and the adviser and, more specifically, ownership of the client between the provider and the adviser.

Standard Life is now moving into the fund supermarket space with the launch this week of a mutual funds proposition.

HM Revenue & Customs has announced it is to increase the inheritance tax reporting level for certain types of chargeable gifts to £200,000.

The Bank of England signalled yesterday it may need to raise interest rates one more time in the near future to ensure inflation remains under control, according to the Guardian .

The asset allocation of with-profits funds should be the focus of reviews by advisers as changes may mean the current mix is not what either they or the client may anticipate.

Financial hari-kiri or just plain daft? Whatever you want to call it, single charge commission-paying group personal pensions and stakeholder are defying financial gravity, thanks to the generosity of some providers - or more precisely, their shareholders'...

The Pensions Regulator should not try to take on the role of an economic regulator by looking at the issue of charges in the regulation of defined contribution schemes, warns Standard Life.

Not sure if it's just me that has a good laugh about this, but I've managed to spend an amusing late morning musing on the latest results announcements from Aviva and Standard Life.

HM Revenue & Customs have finally published updated guidance on the position of tax relief relating to employer contributions into pensions, confirming the 'wholly & exclusively' rule will only be applied in limited circumstances.