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Trade Bodies
AMI has warned gross mortgage lending for 2010 may fall short of its previous £150bn estimation.
22 July 2010
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Individual Protection
Claims against life and pensions intermediaries fell by a quarter last year according to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).
22 July 2010
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Investment
Equitable Life policyholders will have to wait until the middle of next year for compensation, which could be as little as £400m.
22 July 2010
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Income Protection
Wiltshire Friendly Society is targeting the small Group Income Protection market, after an adjustment to the society's rules.
22 July 2010
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Your profession
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) received almost 20,000 extra investment claims in 2009/10, mostly as a result of the collapse of Keydata Investment Services.
22 July 2010
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Multi-manager
John Chatfeild-Roberts, CIO of Jupiter and head of the group's £4.6bn multi-manager range, has urged investors to go back to basics and avoid being tempted into complex products promising unrealistic returns.
22 July 2010
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Multi-manager
Henderson is set to launch the fourth multi-manager product in its tie-up with IFA network Intrinsic, the Cirilium Strategic Income fund.
22 July 2010
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Investment
The FTSE 100 has followed the lead of the US and opened lower this morning, as investors weigh up a gloomy economic update from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
22 July 2010
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Your profession
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been criticised by the National Audit Office (NAO) for failing to deal with its huge backlog of more than 18 million unresolved income tax cases.
22 July 2010
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UK
Spanish banking giant Santander is planning to list its UK operations on the London Stock Exchange as soon as this autumn in a deal worth an estimated £3bn.
22 July 2010
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