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The recent sell off in the bond market and growing liquidity issues have forced bond investors to use similar hedging techniques, undermining their effectiveness and causing concerns about how much downside protection funds really have.

The auditors of the suspended EEA traded life settlement fund has said the fund is worth $100m less than the value recorded in the company's financial statements.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is to merge away three funds and launch a new retail product as it completes an overhaul of its UK fund range, Investment Week can reveal.

Hargreaves Lansdown is planning to secure "as good if not better" terms with fund groups on super clean share classes as Standard Life, after the latter announced it had secured preferential deals with 15 fund providers.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are SME owners 'risking' their pensions by using them to fund investments to bring capital to their firms?

Life company AXA has said that its complaint against former Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) president Marlene Shalton for client solicitation has been "settled".

A survey of almost 300 Harlequin investors suggests up to 95% were not made aware of the risks of investing in the troubled overseas property company by their agents or advisers.

Wealth manager Ashcourt Rowan posted a loss of £2.5m in the 12 months to April as the group continues its transformation into a holistic financial planning business.

Co-chairman of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) Clive Waller is to step down from his role at the end of this year.