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Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has to bring in urgent reforms to ensure SSAS schemes are not penalised by new requirements under the Pensions Act, says Rowanmoor Pensions.

Aviva has been reprimanded over its "Downton Abbey" sponsorship idents after media regulator Ofcom decided they broke advertising rules.

Aviva has overhauled its approach to large case underwriting, to make the process quicker and easier.

Hargreaves Lansdown has added an "ultra-low-cost" UK tracker fund to its Vantage platform.

Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits has issued two free guides on work absence caused by upper limb disorders.

The FSA has fined HSBC £10.5m for inappropriate investment advice provided by one of its IFA subsidiaries, NHFA Limited (NHFA), to elderly customers.

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Ashcourt Rowan chief executive Jonathan Polin has purchased 200,000 shares in the business as the company lists on AIM.

Graham Tuckwell, one of the pioneers in the exchanged traded fund market, has put his company ETF Securities up for sale with a potential £1bn ($1.6bn) price tag.

Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy are set to meet today as political commentators warn Europe is entering the end game for the crisis, which must be resolved this week to save the euro.