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Standard Life has revealed it is working with the National Employment Savings Trust to integrate the scheme into its proposition to clients ahead of auto-enrolment.

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has identified pensions as a priority area for the industry going forward and supports a harmonised European pension plan.

Louise Colley from Aviva picked up the Outstanding Achievement Award at last night's COVER Excellence Awards.

Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded four iShares fixed income ETFs with exposure to Italian government debt.

Shares in RBS and Lloyds fell today as Moody's downgraded the senior debt and deposit ratings of 12 UK financial institutions, and said it expects the government will allow some smaller institutions to fail.

Guernsey continues to build on its commitment to meeting international standards of transparency and exchange of information in tax matters.

Legal & General has warned that advisers could be vulnerable to complaints action is they fail to ensure that business protection clients have completed the correct legal paperwork.

Billionaire investor George Soros has lost his appeal to have a 2002 conviction for insider trading of Société Générale shares thrown out.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has described the current financial crisis as the "most serious" the UK has seen for at least 80 years.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is pressuring the government to increase the compensation liability on firms giving poor advice, a law firm warns.