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George Osborne is set to announce a reduction in the top rate of income tax - but with implementation postponed for a year, according to reports.

Advisers are increasingly using index funds to access opportunities in emerging markets, research suggests.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: A high court is debating whether an undrawn pension pot should be used to pay off creditors if an individual is bankrupt, but still working. Should pensions be used in this way?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions story this week.

An independent financial adviser who admitted to offending a client while drinking alcohol has been given the right to appeal an employment tribunal's decision that her sacking was justified.

A Cheshire-based financial adviser is attempting to raise £4.5m to build a ‘sanctuary' for armed services veterans and is set to climb Mount Everest to drive fundraising efforts.

Friends Life has inked a deal with FundsNetwork which will see the platform supply an ISA and fund range to retail customers within its heritage business.

Standard Life has no "firm plans" to launch its own restricted advice package for IFAs but says the model does have a place in the market.

Standard Life has unveiled the details of its platform-based auto-enrolment solution for employers.

Life settlements fund EEA has written to shareholders of the suspended traded life policy investments (TPLI) fund, ahead of an FSA consultation on the asset class.