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Bupa International has launched health insurance for expats with existing illnesses which, until now, have been excluded.

US-based group PineBridge Investments has launched a Global Emerging Markets Corporate Bond fund into the UK retail market.

Swiss Re's predicts growth in the insurance and reinsurance industry will continue to accelerate next year and expects moderate expansion in the European and US economies.

Eric Daniels, chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, says banks do not need breaking up and are ‘enormously competitive'.

The use of platforms by asset managers is set to surge over the next three years, according to research by Skandia Investment Group (SIG).

ETF Securities (ETFS) is proposing to reduce the principal amount for a range of its ETCs due to falls in the price of natural gas.

Mark Hoban, the financial secretary to the Treasury, yesterday said the FSA had "consulted extensively" on the RDR after he was again asked about the impact the Review could have on IFAs.

Nucleus has signed two more IFA companies, taking its number of member firms to 80.

An industry-wide consultation on the RPI to CPI switch for pension schemes will be published tomorrow, Steve Webb says.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants has been awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), alongside BBA chief executive Angela Knight.