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BlackRock has launched the iShares Barclays 0-5 Year Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS) Bond fund on NYSE Arca.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be renamed Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and a consultation has been launched into its overhaul on a social rather than medical basis.

International private medical insurer InterGlobal is introducing an UltraCare Elite Plan for 2011 including enhanced benefits for cancer care.

The FSA has banned a stockbroker from working in financial services following his role in a scheme that set out to ramp up the share price of a technology company.

Employers are placing too much reliance on short-term fixes like Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) in dealing with stress, according to Medicals Direct.

A Liverpool-based financial adviser, jailed for conning pensioners out of £1.3m, has had his attempt to cut his sentence rejected.

The rules on giving advice would need to be eased up if the FSA pushes for a rumoured tightening of product regulation, says Legal & General's (L&G) executive director of savings.

The Treasury has banned groups of companies from using intra-group loans or derivatives to reduce their tax bills, as part of a widespread clampdown on business tax avoidance.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has been forced to explain how he assessed housing costs for pensioners when deciding to switch pension indexation from the RPI to CPI.

Canada Life is planning to produce a further series of focused broadcasts for its website.