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Trade union Unison has declared "war" on the government over public sector pension changes, warning the coalition it is heading for industrial turmoil over its reforms.

Succession Advisory Services has acquired a major stake in one of Scotland's largest IFA businesses as it seeks to establish four ‘hub' companies across the UK.

A pensioner has been charged with faking his death and then pretending to be his wife in order to claim on his life insurance policy.

Artemis has hired Simon Edelsten and Alex Illingworth to build a new global stockpicking franchise for retail and institutional clients.

Jupiter's chief investment officer John Chatfeild-Roberts has upped his weighting to Latin America across his £6bn Merlin multi-manager portfolios after taking profits in the region last month.

Nationals round-up: Interest rates are on the agenda this week while clients may also be taking an interest in income protection, private banking and cars.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will not be part of the government's planned National Crime Agency (NCA), according to reports, in a further setback for the new body.

The FSA has launched High Court proceedings against land banking operations accused of scamming investors out of £45m.

House prices stopped falling in April for the first time in 10 months as demand for homes picked up, property researcher Hometrack has said.

The Bank of England will not hike interest rates until 2013 as the economic recovery remains "pretty weak," former Treasury adviser Roger Bootle has said, a day after Bank Governor Mervyn King dismissed an early rise due to the "sheer volume of debt in...