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Advisers have been urged to review cases where they arranged the transfer of non-protected pension rights after a portion of a client's pension went missing for four years.

Aegon is set to tell investors and analysts that it aims to double the percentage of sales it makes directly to customers (D2C) to about a third by 2015, according to reports.

The government has held firm in its refusal to bow to pressure to give almost six million children access to junior individual savings accounts (ISA).

Some 54% of fund managers are set to increase their exposure to ETPs and ETFs over the next three years, with a quarter anticipating an increase of 10% or more.

The current crisis in Spain will result in Spanish bank bondholders taking severe haircuts, after a similar scenario in Ireland last year, Henderson Global Investors says.

The UK's inflation rate posted another surprise drop in May, falling to 2.8%, as the lack of activity in the UK continues to bring prices down sharply.

Skandia International has announced its latest market offering - a "simplified" QROPS arrangements across multiple jurisdictions.

Passport2Health, a recent newcomer to the private healthcare insurance market, says it will challenge the high cost of traditional PMI with its latest package of treatment which combines private UK diagnostics with private medical treatment abroad.

Following The Solicitors Regulation Authority's announcement that it will launch a consultation into adviser referrals, one adviser letter to the body urges it to carefully consider the case for restricted advice.

Thousands of rich people in the UK are paying 1% income tax using "below the raider" accounting methods, according to an investigation by The Times.