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Axa PPP International has added a marine option for group and individual subscribers to its Standard, Prestige and Comprehensive International Healthcare Plans for people living abroad.

Historically low gilt yields have driven down the incomes available via annuities or drawdown by almost a quarter, Skandia said.

The Treasury is warming to the idea of developing 'simple' products which advisers would then be required to use as benchmarks for their recommendations.

The draft Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) published today limits the ban on receiving commission payments from product providers to independent financial advisers.

A large Manchester law firm is seeking to bring professional negligence claims against IFAs who invested clients in the Arch cru fund range, following Treasury Secretary Mark Hoban's refusal yesterday to launch a government inquiry into Capita's role....

Introducing a 15-year long stop would boost investment into the advisory sector and create a "vibrant and well-capitalised community", Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) director general Stephen Gay has told Parliament.

The Treasury has created a steering group tasked with developing a range of simple financial products.

An elderly man lost his entire life's savings after he left them in the luggage hold of a National Express coach.

Sesame Bankhall Group has launched an online learning management system to enhance its training and development support for network members.

Lifemark investors and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will next month get to vote on whether to opt for a controlled liquidation of the troubled porfolio or plump for Keydata founder Stewart Ford's $150m rescue bid.