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Scottish Widows has appointed Esther Dijsktra as head of intermediary protection propositions to guide the firm's launch into the protection market.

The Bank of England needs to remind the public and businesses that interest rates will one day rise again, a former Monetary Policy Committee member has warned.

The administrator of the sales arm of the troubled Harlequin Property group has racked up fees of more than £28,000 in its first ten days in the role.

Prolonged low inflation has sent commodities allocations among fund managers to a four-year low, according to a survey.

The government has launched a consultation on allowing the transfer of existing savings from Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts into Junior ISAs (JISAs).

Rathbones has seen its funds under management swell to more than £20bn, helped by its recent acquisition in the private client space.

MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee have welcomed the government's move to ban consultancy charging on auto-enrolment schemes.

Hornbuckle Mitchell has posted a 5% revenue increase and 21% growth in year-on-year earnings for 2012, announced less than a month after the firm sold a controlling stake to two private investors.

Respect MP George Galloway has joined with the IFA Centre to rally all 650 members of Parliament to fight for compensation for Arch Cru investors.

The amount of money put into ISAs has fallen for the first time ever, according to accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young.