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Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will target wealthy people who own property abroad, the department announced today.

The government will break its promise to "triple lock" the amount by which the state pension is adjusted for inflation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has said.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) has signed up to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI) in a bid to boost long term investing and good corporate governance.

Four senior staff at Tudor Capital Management have been charged with stealing £5m through tax fraud targeting the pension industry.

Aon has reported a 51% increase in total revenue to $2.7bn (£1.7bn) for the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010.

Aviva has overhauled its cancer coverage for both individual and group private medical insurance (PMI) schemes.

HMRC has proposed that where advisers arrange transactions for clients their services will continue to be exempt from VAT post-RDR, under draft rules published today.

The struggle of finding a mortgage in your forties, families being split apart by inheritance tax disputes and fears around cash held outside the UK safety net...the things your clients will call you about this week.

Christopher Addenbrooke, CEO at Capita Financial Managers, is under pressure to explain how the Arch Cru fund range was allowed to fail while his firm was in charge of its management.

A warning system for retail investors using ETFs, similar to that used in the US, could help raise awareness of the nuances of the funds, says a Morningstar research head.