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A High Court judge ruled today that bankrupts could be forced to draw their pensions and hand them over to their creditors.

Government intervention could result in growth in the equity release market, according to recent research.

Aviva has said its retail wrap will target advisers offering restricted and simplified advice propositions as part of a wider assault on the mass market.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to publish a guide explaining the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) to consumers.

Technology provider Staffcare is to launch auto-enrolment software designed to help advisers move into corporate benefits business in May.

New investors in highly personalised offshore bonds will only be able to offset deemed gains if UK tax has previously been paid in future, says Guardian Wealth Management.

Structured products specialists, Gilliat Financial Solutions, has launched its first products aimed at the offshore market.

The man arrested by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in connection with an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme also hit headlines last month, it has emerged.

Almost 50% of consumers would find government compulsion to save into a private pension scheme helpful, research suggests.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today said it was "time to put right" problems it had identified with advisers switching client investments.