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Zurich has added several features to its business protection proposition.

The Pension Protection Fund's proposed levy calculation reforms will bring "stability and predictability" to scheme payments, chief executive Alan Rubenstein says.

Global currency wars pose "a real threat" to economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warns.

The FSA has cancelled an insurance broker's Part IV permissions for failing to meet its capital adequacy requirements.

Advisers have likened public sector pensions to 'Ponzi' schemes and say reform is long overdue.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed to allow some people to retire earlier than at age 62 after pressure from trade unions.

Pensions experts have spoken out in support of Lord Hutton's key proposals to reform public sector pensions.

Shifting the link between public sector pension schemes and final salaries to a career-average earnings option could hit female retirees hardest, experts say.

The FTSE slid into negative territory in afternoon trading following news of a record month-on-month drop in house prices.

Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, today sold a near 3% stake in the business, raising some £58m.