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The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) and the Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) have called for regulatory barriers to be lowered and for the current inappropriate style and intensity of regulation to be reformed.

Advisers fear their unprotected clients would be forced to live on state benefits or rack up large debt burdens should the worst happen.

Use of ETFs on wrap platforms has increased significantly as they gain retail interest, according to iShares.

Deutsche Bank has listed 10 db x-trackers ETFs on the Swiss stock exchange, including ETFs on single and broad emerging markets indices.

Aviva is aiming to settle death claims from group risk customers within three days.

Canada Life has said it sees significant growth opportunities in group risk and plans to use new media to market the sector.

An adviser has spoken of his anger and confusion after an adjudicator from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) ruled he had given unsuitable advice to clients on insolvent investment firm Keydata - even though the FSA had previously deemed his recommendation...

Thursday's newspapers almost unanimously report on fears the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Banking could trigger a fresh banking crisis. Here's our round-up of the best of them...

Keith Gilmour, the business development director at Sesame Bankhall Group, has left the company after less than a year in the role.

The post-2012 regime for continuing professional development (CPD) is the "most transformational" aspect of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) managing director Ruth Martin.