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HSBC Global Asset Management has announced plans to launch an Indian bond fund, giving UK retail investors access to the market for the first time.

Retirees are becoming resistant to downsizing their homes and more open to equity release according to research from Just Retirement.

A compliance officer has received a partial prohibition from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to prevent unregulated collective investment scheme (UCIS) mis-selling by one of his firm's directors.

Suffolk Life has revised its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) due diligence guide after consultation with advisers.

Pension planning is still the most common reason for seeking financial advice, with 32% of enquiries in July focusing specifically on retirement, figures from Unbiased have showed.

Cofunds is to provide its adviser users with access to a range of discretionary fund managers (DFMs) via the wrap for the first time.

Profits at Royal London fell by 25% in the first half of the year as a slow market hit new sales and low interest rates affected revenues from customers' policies.

Finland's foreign minister said the country is taking measures to prepare itself for a full-blown currency crisis in Europe.

Pension provider Scottish Life is to launch five portfolios with varying levels of risk exposure designed specifically for clients in income drawdown.

A quarter of higher rate taxpayers are missing out on pension tax relief as they shun the product, Prudential research has found.