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The Annuity Bureau has launched an online tool to give retirees quick access to the best annuity quotes.

Ecclesiastical is launching Retail Distribution Review (RDR)-ready institutional share classes across its range of six funds.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed to bring the auto-enrolment earnings thresholds into line with the personal tax limits for 2013/14.

Professional indemnity (PI) insurance will not be cheaper for restricted advisers, despite some companies "peddling" this message to the industry, according to Sense commercial director Steve Young.

People are increasingly turning to friends and family rather than advisers for pensions advice, according to research released today.

Head of FundsNework David White is to leave Fidelity after ten years with the company.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited (BIM) £9.5m for client money breaches.

Network Sesame has topped the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) complaints table for IFA businesses, with 138 complaints in the first half of this year, compared to 140 in H2 2011.

The government should "stand up for low-income savers" and lift the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), a Conservative MP has said.

The founder of a campaign for more transparent fund charges has called Investment Management Association (IMA) figures showing average fees to be about 0.3% as "misleading claptrap".