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Take up of structured products within the UK is disproportionately low compared with the US and Europe in part because of dogma within the adviser community, according to one investment analyst.

Executive remuneration in the UK financial sector is "wildly out of line" with other parts of the market, according to outgoing IMA chief executive Richard Saunders.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has reduced the deficit in its defined benefit pension scheme by £7.4m in the past year.

Nucleus has launched a series of workshops designed to help advisers understand what the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will mean for them in practice.

Setting up the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) could cost up to £150m, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said today.

The rise in costs in the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) latest invoice could encourage firms to manipulate figures to achieve a lower bill, an adviser has warned.

Partnership expects to complete a medically underwritten bulk annuity deal within the next few weeks in a transaction believed to be the first of its kind.

The executive team at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) shared out more than £300,000 in bonuses in the 15 months to the end of March, although chief executive Hector Sants handed his to charity.

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