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Investors who have helped pushed gold prices up to record highs are now turning their backs on the precious metal, with figures this week showing heavy selling by gold ETFs.

Up to five million workers will pay the higher rate of income tax following changes in the Budget, analysis from the Institute of Fiscal Studies has found.

One of the largest appointed representative (AR) businesses within Openwork is to leave the company after failing to agree contract terms.

Royal London has maintained bonus rates on with profits policies while increasing the majority of final payouts.

Government plans to hike the income tax threshold to £9,205 could complicate the roll-out of auto-enrolment, experts have warned.

Alan Lakey has launched a website in an effort to raise consumer understanding of critical illness products and help people compare different policies.

An "alarming" 80% of client assets are from the over-50s age group, according to research.

Global investment management firm, PIMCO, has launched an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that provides investors with physical access to the short maturity sector of the high yield universe.

The FSA has confirmed consumers will be able to pay charges direct to an adviser or agree for the provider to pay them from the investment in the post-RDR adviser charging regime.

The Financial Services Authority is to explore changes to the client assets regime in the wake of the Lehman Brothers failure.