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Daiwa Capital Markets has appointed Jimmy Kan as global head of derivatives structuring, a newly created role covering ETFs and other asset classes.

Health insurer WPA has announced a trio of changes, within its individual and large corporate markets and in its relationship with advisers.

Support services firm Paradigm Group has unveiled a new commercial insurance offering to members through Towergate Risk Solutions.

In a bid to stave off regulatory interference, the CML, IMLA and AMI are trying to forge a new understanding between brokers and lenders.

The RDR will cost employees joining pension schemes around £350 each, Creative Benefit Solutions warns.

The FSA has banned two insurance brokers for failing to protect client money and assets.

Nucleus has hit break-even point after recording its first profitable month in April.

The US hedge fund which has given Keydata a brief reprieve by plugging a short-term funding gap is "no white knight", warns an IFA involved in the deal.

The reinsurer has reported an increase in sales of new term assurance, critical illness and whole life insurance in 2009, while income protection sales fell. However, the ‘Protection Gap' has widened further.

PruProtect has launched products that bridge the gap between private medical insurance (PMI) and protection.