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Most did, some didn't (you know who you are!).

Aegon's head of annuity sales, Mark Cardy, has been made redundant as part of a restructure of the group's sales teams.

Ken Clarke, Vince Cable and Alistair Darling have come out as more popular choices to fill the role of Chancellor than George Osborne, among City economists.

Friends Provident has removed all market value reductions (MVRs) from its with-profits policies.

State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has partnered with Nuveen Investments to improve its municipal bond ETF offering and other similar investment strategies.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has increased its conviction rate in cases brought before the courts to more than 90%.

Anglo Irish Bank has announced a €12.7bn (£11.4bn) loss in the 15 months to December 31 last year, the largest in Irish corporate history.

Dental benefits can help reduce employee sickness and absence while also improving morale and recruitment, new research says.

The Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) is addressing long term disability and the new Employment Support Allowance (ESA) with a series of nationwide adviser seminars.

It's not often I praise the FSA but I must say the concept of insisting advisers dress according to a certain code makes complete sense to me.