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Peter Quinton, chairman of the Annuity Clearing House, will take over as acting managing director of the Retirement Partnership.

Provider Friends Life has launched an online and over-the-phone financial advice service for existing customers who no longer have - or never had - a financial adviser.

Incentivised health and wellbeing programmes can reduce healthcare costs and admissions, a new study has revealed.

SIPP provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has posted revenues of £6.05m in H1, up 6% on the same period in 2010.

A buyers' guide to short-term income protection (IP) and mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) has been launched to assist consumer awareness of the products.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to expand its Business Records Checks programme, in an effort to close the tax gap and clamp down on inadequate record-keeping.

The FSA's consultation on simplified advice contradicts warnings it has previously made on risk profiling tools and the regulator needs to clarify its position, Prudential distribution strategy director Russell Warwick said.

NatWest International Personal Banking (IPB) has launched the 8th Navigator International account, designed to capture growth in bull and bear markets.

Gilliat Financial Solutions has launched its first dual counterparty product, the Income Builder - October 2011.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has retained second spot in Forbes latest list of America's richest people, despite seeing his personal wealth fall by $11bn.