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Almost 90% of advisers support calls to introduce a long-stop for the financial advice profession, research suggests.

With just seven days to go before George Osborne delivers the nation's budget and we all find out how much richer or poorer we're all going to be, David Russell, who runs Guardian Wealth Management's office in Qatar, says expats should focus more on April...

Vistra has become the first fiduciary provider in Curacao to establish a new trust structure based on the Anglo Saxon concept.

Legal & General (L&G) has reported an increase in operating profits for full-year 2011 after a marked rise in its investment management (LGIM) and international divisions.

The government is considering issuing "super gilts" - bonds with a repayment date lasting 100 years or more - which it hopes will allow it to lock in the current record low base rate.

Part-nationalised banks Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have announced plans to cut some 1,900 jobs in a move the Unite union called "brutal".

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: The FSA has warned that pensioners spooked by annuity purchase could move into retirement products such as income drawdown, which are less suitable for their needs. Could this be the next mis-selling scandal?

Aviva has updated 250 of its occupational classes in order to offer income protection to people in a wider range of occupations.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The FSA has raised concerns that advisers are adopting a "one size-fits-all" approach to platforms and not adequately managing conflicts of interest.