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F&C Investments has launched the first capital-protected RDR-compliant share class in the UK for its Lifestyle range and other multi-manager funds run by Gary Potter and Rob Burdett.

Members of parliament are due to vote on Tuesday on controversial government plans to place a 1% cap on annual rises in some benefits and tax credits for three years.

The euro crisis is over, according to European Commission president José Manuel Barroso.

Some 270,000 people have decided to opt out of receiving child benefit following changes to eligibility rules, according to the latest figures.

The coalition government has renewed its commitment to reforming long-term care but has not confirmed the level of a cap or timescales for implementation.

David North, head of asset allocation and head of global high yield bonds at Legal & General IM, is to leave the group after 12 years.

Global equity markets have eased back from last week's highs despite European financials rallying after regulators softened proposed new rules.

Retirement Planner readers can get a 10% discount on the forthcoming Henry Stewart Retirement conference.

The industry is continuing to report pre G-Day sales spikes as it moves beyond the 21 December implementation deadline.

A High Court ruling which allows a couple to pursue their adviser through the courts for half a million pounds after having already received £100,000 via the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) shifts the balance too far in favour of consumers, according...