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House prices are up and the FTSE (briefly) returned to pre-crunch levels. In other news, do you think it is wise to call your customers evil?

The deficits of the 200 largest private final salary schemes have reached their lowest levels since September 2009, Aon Hewitt says.

Advisers must consider the likelihood and impact of platform providers' exit strategies on their clients when carrying out due diligence, warns Skandia.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) could make a bid to regulate certain areas of defined contribution pension jurisdiction as the FSA is dismantled, a former TPR employee says.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has defended a decision to introduce a second round of quantitative easing, arguing it will not lead to a spike in inflation.

Incapital and Investec were the big winners at the Protected Product Review Structured Product Awards 2010, picking up three gongs each.

Barclays Bank has launched its inaugural iPath ETN on the Borsa Italiana, providing the first volatility-linked product listed in the country, the bank says.

Several high-profile BBC journalists walked out this morning in a strike against the broadcaster's proposed pension reforms.

Proshares has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an ETF that aims to follow the performance of hedge fund beta.

Friends Provident has launched an online seminar focusing on customer life stages and the changes to them.