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Businesses risk alienating their staff by not offering a compassionate approach to absence management, new research has found.

A Channel Islands-listed fund which held "substantial" assets with failed broker MF Global UK Limited has ceased trading.

Equity funds experienced their highest ever outflows of retail money in November as investors pulled out their cash in droves amid the ongoing eurozone crisis.

Banks are ignoring the risk of fraud committed by their own employees despite investment in anti-fraud systems, accountancy firm BDO has warned.

This year's retirees will have the lowest pension incomes since 2008, according to research by insurer Prudential.

Reckless bank chiefs who damage the economy could face jail sentences under new measures under consideration by the government.

Novia has boosted its discretionary management capability by teaming up with passive manager Seven Investment Management (7IM).

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is trialling a new dispute resolution service for small businesses.

Axa PPP has removed all cost and time limits for licensed cancer drug treatment for patients on its standard individual and SME plans.

Insurance brokers and life companies will attempt to cross-sell to existing customers in order to compensate for "downbeat" market conditions in 2012, research suggests.