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Jersey's finance industry has made its first formal visit to Israel.

Good news for investors favouring Indian equities.

Age could become the next factor to be banned from use in underwriting insurance and annuities, according to lawyers Pinsent Masons.

RSM Tenon has appointed Macquarie wrap's former head of distribution John Porteous to head up its wealth platform proposition.

Government must stop penalising those who have already purchased insurance to fund long-term care (LTC) and make promises on nursing care to support the introduction of other related products, according to National Friendly.

Auto-enrolment will trigger a "second crisis of pensions mis-selling" which will hit the poor hardest, an adviser at Deloitte has claimed.

Latvia's top ten ranking for pension transfers from the UK in 2009/10, despite few British expats retiring there, suggests the country is being used to abuse tax loopholes, AJ Bell said.

The FSA has paid £881,738 in redundancy and severance compensation to senior executives and directors since July 2007, although none have been dismissed grounds of capability or conduct.

KPMG analysis of over 100,000 member records reveals the most common administration failings and how they are increasing fund liabilities by up to 5%.

Mortgage brokers tightened their grip on the remortgage and home mover markets against direct channels in Q1, according to FSA and CML figures.