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Aviva has signed an agreement with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) insurer to provide expat private medical insurance in the gulf state.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said it plans to ban the sale and promotion of "toxic" traded life settlement policies because they are high risk and generally unsuitable for the majority of UK retail investors.

Risk profiling, getting the right balance with pension funds and investing in America were all over the nationals at the weekend. Here's what your clients will be calling you about this week.

A banned financial adviser who was last week arrested for misleading investors as part of a investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and West Midlands police has been named.

European markets have opened the week in positive territory, with the FTSE 100 rebounding from a period of extended losses.

S&P has downgraded Belgium's credit rating by one notch, to AA from AA+, expressing concerns about funding and market pressures.

Former Liontrust CEO Nigel Legge's new fund management venture Vinculum is to launch its first offering, based on a 'no outperformance, no fee' proposition.

Barclays Wealth is facing a legal threat over an allegation that it should have provided ongoing financial advice to a client who paid nearly £10,000 in trail commission.

Transact has been added to Suffolk Life's self-invested wrapper SmartSIPP.

House prices will increase by 15% over the next five years due to a shortage of available properties, according to economists.