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The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) is launching an alternative assessment option for existing advisers from August.

Friends Provident has launched a new assistance programme as part of a push into the group protection market.

Annual inflation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) area remained stable in April at 2.1%, although food and fuel prices rose.

Prudential nemesis Robin Geffen says it is "inconceivable" the insurer can push on with its plan to acquire AIA after failing to lower the price of the deal.

The FTSE continues to fall, weighed down by fears over the global economic recovery and a massive sell-off in BP shares.

Government plans to increase Capital Gains Tax (CGT) are likely to give the UK property market a short-term boost but could restrain longer term price growth.

Clare Bousfield will take over as chief financial officier for Aegon's UK operations.

Banks in the eurozone will suffer "considerable" loan losses in 2010 and 2011, potentially leading to €195bn (£165bn) in futher write-downs, the European Central Bank (ECB) warns.

Emerging markets are at risk of overheating and advanced economies face years of anaemic growth and could face a ‘double dip', the economist known as Dr Doom warns.

The Chancellor is "listening" to concerns about a planned rise in capital gains tax (CGT), Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said.