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Barnett Waddingham's Andrew Roberts has been appointed chairman of The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS).

RBS chief executive Stephen Hester has warned if the UK economic recovery is weaker than expected, the bank's results will suffer, a week on from renewed bailout fears for RBS.

A delegation from Guernsey's finance industry plans to travel next month to Singapore and Hong Kong. The team will be led by government departmental heads and Peter Niven, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance and his deputy, Fiona Le Poidevin.

Expats have voted Thailand as the best destination in the world when considering economic and lifestyle factors.

Standard Life is suing insurers including ACE European Group for £100m over claims its policy should have covered a loss on asset-backed securities triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

The FSA is under pressure from advisers to explain how they can become better qualified to recommend unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS), and avoid falling foul of the regulator's rules on their use.

Advisers who avoid talking about products during client meetings improve their sales by 80% on average, according to Strategic Coach's Dan Sullivan.

Last week was a huge one in the ten year history of Professional Adviser (PA) magazine.

A corrupt cop, dodgy tax collector and the bad guys will win from compulsory pensions; our round up of this morning's news from the nationals.

Cofunds is about to sign an execution-only deal with a bank as the platform looks to gain further traction in the investor space.