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Insurance company websites are not meeting even the most basic customer experience standards according to a recent survey.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called on MPs to ensure the new regulator emphasises the innocence of firms if they are exonerated after the publication of warning notices.

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Charges on a government-backed UK infrastructure vehicle owned and run by UK pension funds will be capped at 0.5%, the Treasury has confirmed.

Jersey has signed a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Hong Kong, seen as another key step in growing business in the region.

The FSA has banned two advisers for not being "fit and proper".

Investment trusts have substantially outperformed unit trusts and OEICs over the past decade, according to research.

Payday lenders are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over concerns customers are not being treated fairly.

The European Commission (EC) is to consider creating an ombudsman to help expats in southern Spain reclaim against unregistered financial firms that may be exploiting them.

A second official estimate of UK GDP has confirmed the economy shrank by 0.2% in the final three months of 2011.