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Pimco chief executive officer Mohamed El-Erian believes the UK has more tools at its disposal to tackle its economic problems than countries like Greece.

Westfield Health has announced a range of additions to its Foresight Healthcare Plan.

Buckles, Wales' largest IFA, has purchased Wigan-based Mortgages Pensions & Investments, as its expansion strategy built on acquiring the businesses of retiring IFAs gathers momentum.

Assets in ETFs listed globally tracking Chinese benchmarks surpassed $32bn at the end of 2009, according to research by BlackRock.

A change to pension anti-forestalling rules could restart the pension transfer market for high earners.

Tata Consultancy Services has been confirmed as the administrator for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Standard & Poor's is considering cutting its rating on Prudential over leverage concerns following its $35.5bn deal to buy AIG's Asian business.

An IFA comparison website giving advisers detailed data on other firms in their area - including client profiles and charging structures - has launched.

Novia has linked up with wealth manager London & Capital to offer 10 actively-managed portfolios.

AWD Chase De Vere has agreed a £1.4m four-year deal with Focus Solutions to provide software support to its team of 178 advisers.