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The conduct of pension providers' annuity sales teams will form a large part of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) continuing investigation into the retirement income market.

There is an increasing need to educate the public on the value of face-to-face professional financial advice, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The FCAs' thematic review of the annuity market has been criticised as not going far enough fast enough.

Henderson Strategic Bond fund manager John Pattullo has moved aggressively in to gilts in a bid to hedge against a worldwide deflationary shock caused by the chaos in emerging markets.

Zurich Life has blamed a drop in its bond business on the impact of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) - as it reveals a 42% fall in operating profits.

Analysts at Numis have compared charges from the likes of Barclays, Brewin, Coutts and Rathbones to investigate how industry fees stack up against platforms' newly-unveiled clean prices.

Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has launched a new continuing professional development (CPD) tool for advisers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined insurance intermediary HomeServe Membership Limited (HML) £30.6m for breaching a series of principles including incentivising sales over quality .

The majority of employers who have begun automatically enrolling their workers are paying in the minimum level of contributions legally allowed, pointing to potential future disappointment for savers.

Anna Sofat, founder of IFA firm Addidi, was named Financial Adviser of the Year at the Unbiased.co.uk Media Awards 2014 at a ceremony in London on Wednesday.