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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun the process of compensating MF Global customers, with private customers with individual accounts the first to receive application forms.

The Federation of European Independent Financial Advisers (FEIFA) has joined forces with Financial Express, a leading provider of investment data, to offer its members an online fund research and monitoring tool, Analytics.

Guernsey-based Skipton International has kicked off the new year by launching a 180 day sterling notice account. Advisers' clients will need to make a minimum deposit of £10,000 to open an account.

International investors are buying record amounts of UK government bonds as the Bank of England's £75bn QE programme spurs demand, with the yield on the ten-year gilt hitting a new record low.

There are close to 600,000 'millionaire households' in the UK, according to the latest estimates, but, as a share of total households, Britain lags Ireland, Kuwait and Taiwan.

An outspoken critic of the new qualification requirements for advisers has revealed he considered 'passporting' his business into the UK from Dublin in a bid to bypass the rules.

Switzerland's central bank is embroiled in a political storm after it was revealed the wife of the governor sold 500,000 Swiss francs shortly before the authorities intervened to cap the value of the currency.

A former chief executive officer of UBS AG's wealth management unit who is challenging a £100,000 FSA fine was yesterday accused of failing to control the activities of his team, allowing them to make up to 50 unauthorised trades per day.

Planned changes to NHS pensions could drive thousands of doctors to retire early and spark strike action, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned.