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Prudential chief executive Tidjane Thiam will not be joining SocGen as a non-executive director amid strong shareholder anger at the proposed move.

The head of Aviva's wrap says the FSA should "hold its nerve" and consider ending the practice whereby fund supermarkets keep rebates from fund management groups.

Bank and building society lending to UK businesses fell at the sharpest pace for over 10 years in January, according to Bank of England figures released today.

Aegon has launched an online support centre to help advisers make their business RDR compliant.

Banks have been carrying out trades which are ‘economically useless', Adair Turner says.

The ABI's new director general Kerrie Kelly has urged the FSA to be open-minded and balanced about its judgements on the likely dangers posed to consumers and on what consumers actually want.

Baigrie Davies director Amanda Davies has joined the FSA board as a non-executive director.

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) and Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) have confirmed the launch of the new health insurance examination.

Ghana is as long as 75/1 with some bookmakers to win this summer's World Cup, but the IMF predicts the west African nation will walk away with a world title of a different kind in 2010.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) will report a surplus exceeding £70,000 for 2009 after recording losses approaching £140,000 the previous year.