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Vanguard has launched the LifeStrategy range, a suite of five fund of index funds with low annual management charges.

Andy Milburn has joined Ageas Protect as the provider's new head of marketing.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has appointed Paul Smee as its incoming director-general, starting on 1 August.

The FTSE 100 was down more than 1.3% in early afternoon trading as weak data from China and ongoing fears for the US economy hit risk assets.

Government reforms to public sector pensions could force more people to opt-out and abandon retirement saving, Lord Hutton is expected to say.

Hector Sants today said the Financial Services Authority (FSA) may revisit the deadline for investment firms to meet new prudential rules.

The FSA has confirmed it will delay publishing its next Mortgage Market Review (MMR) consultation paper until early autumn, as it seeks to strike the right level of regulation for consumer protection.

Axa PPP has confirmed its intention to purchase online private medical insurance intermediary Health-on-line for an undisclosed sum.

Shanghai is on track to becoming the world's largest financial centre within the next decade. And it's all down to China continuing to open up its capital markets and expand its investor base, reports KPMG.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has hit back at lenders who claimed third parties, including brokers, represented some of the industry's biggest fraud risks.