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True Potential is offering SIPP products from Pointon York, Intelligent Money and Suffolk Life on its wealth platform.

The first quarter 2011 witnessed the launch of 500 mutual funds registered for sale in Europe, compared to 762 newly launched funds over the same period in 2010.

UK small caps offer the most compelling valuations going forward as more stable economic conditions, cheap financing and increased availability create a positive outlook, according to Fidelity.

Mercer has added enhanced annuity terms to its workplace savings platform in partnership with the Open Market Annuity Service (OMAS).

Advisers have been left wondering where the next qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) scandal will come from after a series of clamp-downs by HMRC.

StructuredProductReview.com, the comparison site run by Lowes Financial Management, is to start issuing regular maturity value data on structured products with the aim of making the sector more transparent.

Stockbroker and investment managemer Charles Stanley has hit out at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and called for a different levying system after being hit with a £2.6m bill to compensate Keydata customers.

The FSA has defended its decision to give accredited bodies permission to mandate membership before issuing advisers with a practicing certificate.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) group chief executive Stephen Hester has admitted the government's implicit subsidy to the industry may have fed into bankers' bonuses.

Citigroup said computer hackers breached the bank's network and accessed data on hundreds of thousands of bank card holders.