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Vince Smith Hughes talks to Retirement Planner about the challenges facing retirement advisers and how adequate assessment of risk is all important when choosing an at-retirement product.

Chris Horlick discusses the role pensions and equity release can play in funding long term care

LV='s head of equity release speaks to Retirement Planner about winning lifetime mortgages provider of the year at the Equity Release Awards

Who moved where in another busy week in financial services?

Fiona Murphy asks SIPP providers how the industry can restore adviser confidence in esoteric investments.

In December the ABI launched a consultation into improving the shopping around process for retirement income. Helen Morrissey asks whether the proposed processes go far enough to solve this issue.

NINE WORST ASSET BUBBLES

How hard is it to design disability-based protection products in 2012, asks Andy Milburn.

The decision by Standard & Poor's to strip France of its prized AAA-rating came as no surprise to a number of fund managers.

Stephen Gay is to leave AIFA after just 14 months to join the Association of British Insurers (ABI).