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RDR
The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has approved the final QCF Level 4 standards with new guidelines for giving specialist advice.
19 March 2010
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Regulation
The FSA will step in to "police" the banking sector, but has doubts over whether it can actually change its culture.
19 March 2010
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Your profession
The majority of consumers will only be prepared to pay for investment advice as a percentage of the amount invested and will not part with more than 3% as an initial fee, industry figures say.
19 March 2010
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Mortgages
Phoenix Corporate Planning Group has bought up assets from the collapsed mortgage network Mortgage Times.
19 March 2010
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Your profession
Fraudster Bernie Madoff was hospitalised after an attack by a fellow inmate, according to reports.
19 March 2010
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Your profession
Arsenal has been drawn against holders Barcelona in the Champions League quarter finals while Manchester United face a familiar foe.
19 March 2010
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Group Protection
Bupa is offering group critical illness (CI) claimants and their families access to Best Doctors with no increase in premiums.
19 March 2010
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Adviser / Broking
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has announced its Private Medical Insurance Group will broaden its remit to include income protection, critical illness, and group life insurance.
19 March 2010
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Protection
Policymakers should focus on making existing regulatory powers work before jumping to extend their remit, or risk damaging UK competitiveness, says the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
19 March 2010
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Your profession
Ricky Okey, managing director of Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI), is to leave Santander.
19 March 2010
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