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Former threesixty director David Ingram has launched a support service for product manufacturers and fund management groups to help them prepare for the retail distribution review (RDR).

Deficits of schemes monitored by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) worsened last month, increasing from £8.3bn in June to £67.3bn at the end of July.

The FTSE 100 climbed this morning and Asian and US markets rallied strongly overnight as the Federal Reserve announced it would hold interest rates at close to zero until 2013.

Standard Life has reported UK pre-tax operating profits up 14% in the first half, driven by lower commission costs as IFAs switch to fee-charging.

Bulls triumph over bears, Fed freezes short-term rates, and pension funds take a beating from stock market turmoil...IFAonline's round-up of the news from the nationals.

An IFA has helped an ex-bank employee secure £80,000 in compensation from her former employer after its advisers switched her out of her final salary pension scheme and into one of its own products.

It may be a small sovereign state compared with Italy and Spain, but fears that Cyprus may be the next EU member state to seek a bailout show no signs of diminishing.

Pershing, a BNY Mellon company, is opening a Jersey-based subsidiary company in response to client demand for access to both onshore and offshore investment opportunities.

Aviva Investors has launched the first in a new range of structured products, created in response to demand from financial advisers for funds that can deliver attractive returns in a low interest rate environment.

Standard Life investments' global investment strategist Richard Batty examines the implications of Living in a world of debt.