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Merchant Capital has launched Merchant Wealth, a private client wealth management service.

Medicash has launched a new corporate health cash plan including unlimited NHS Cover, access to Best Doctors and direct payment of PMI excesses.

A partnership with international back office system providers, Broker Back Office, includes a 20% discount on all fees for FEIFA members.

ING Investment Management has announced the appointment of Patrick Chia as Head of Asian Fixed Income, based in Singapore.

The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled in favour of Standard Life after an investor complained the commission on his self-invested personal pension (SIPP) was not properly explained to him.

Greece will receive emergency funding of €130bn after a second bailout of the stricken nation was agreed.

A marked rise in net fee income in its investment management division helped Rathbone Brothers post a 30% increase in profits in 2011.

Axa Wealth is launching its direct platform proposition - Axa Self Investor - this summer, which will be backed by a UK-based telephone support team.

Around a third of consumers want to be able to contribute to their pensions via automatic teller machines (ATMs), Friends Life has said.

British consumers feel the insurance industry lags behind others in how it addresses their needs and have given their strongest hint that greater simplicity would be welcomed.