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A wide ranging survey of more than three hundred wealth managers and advisers suggests the industry is being forced to re-examine its value proposition in light of the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

There is no need to have a single regulatory body for workplace pension schemes, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

The government should ban member-borne consultancy charges on workplace pensions "without delay", MPs on the work and pensions committee have said.

JLT Employee Benefits (JLTEB) has suspended consultancy charging on corporate schemes until the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) completes its investigation of the practice.

Positive Solutions, the UK's largest national independent financial advice firm, has made LifeQuote, a protection platform, available to its advisers.

The UK's stagnating economy avoided a triple-dip recession today after initial estimates showed it expanded 0.3% in the first quarter of 2013.

Investor demand has driven Standard Life Investments to resister some of its most successful SICAV funds in France, Belgium and Italy.

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Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Stephen Lansdown has sold 5.5m shares in the wealth manager, bringing his stake in the company down below 20%.