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SPDR ETFs, the exchange traded fund (ETF) platform of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), has registered a new fixed income ETF for sale in the UK.

Chancellor George Osborne is set to come under more pressure as it emerges the UK will miss its deficit reduction target whilst leader of the opposition Ed Miliband prepares to unleash a further attack on the coalition's economic policy…here's our roundup...

The Treasury has sold Northern Rock plc to a consortium led by Richard Branson's Virgin Money for £747m, at a £650m loss on the £1.4bn of capital it injected into the bank.

In a joint initiative with Australian-based advisory firm Elston Partners, the Federation of European Independent Financial Advisers (FEIFA) is to offer financial advice services to Australian expats

Mark Hoban has insisted people on average to above average income are unattractive to the financial advice sector, and targeted this as the demographic for the Money Advice Service (MAS).

Gold ETFs and similar products witnessed inflows of 77.6 tonnes in the third quarter of 2011, which was 58% above year-earlier levels of 49.1 tonnes.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched an iPad and iPhone application for European advisers and asset managers that gives fund information in a choice of six languages.

Moody's has downgraded the credit ratings of 10 German public-sector banks, and taken action against another two, saying there is a lower likelihood the German government will step in with a bailout.

Around half of members of the local government pension scheme (LGPS) will opt out if the government pushes through pension reform, according to the GMB union.

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