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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) must monitor the overall rate of participation in auto-enrolment rather than focusing on opt-out rates, providers have warned.

Investors who want to capture the Asian market premium will do so in a better way if they use indices designed with an efficient weighting scheme, according to a study by the EDHEC-Risk Institute.

Schroders has revealed its pre-tax profits fell 11% over the year to 31 December 2012, largely due to a slump in profits in the private banking arm.

Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts has warned investors not to get carried away with the euphoria surrounding equity markets, saying many companies are being kept afloat by low interest rates.

Aviva suffered a loss of £3bn in 2012 due to a £3.3bn writedown from the sale of its US business last year.

Standard Life has revealed restructuring and regulatory costs brought on by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and Solvency II cost the business £109m last year, up from £70m in 2011.

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