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Income
Just Retirement founder Mike Fuller will step down as chief executive in the summer.
17 February 2010
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Economics / Markets
The FTSE was up 27.5 points (0.5%) to 5271.63, buoyed by gains among mining firms.
17 February 2010
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Economics / Markets
The EU has stripped Greece of its vote at a crucial meeting next month - the worst humiliation ever suffered by an EU member state.
17 February 2010
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ETFs
ETFs tracking commodities and hedge fund indices are the best placed to receive new inflows this year, a survey by db x-trackers reveals.
16 February 2010
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Investment
Advisers plan to reduce client exposure to cash and fixed income as improving investor confidence prompts a shift towards emerging markets.
16 February 2010
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RDR
The Association of IFAs (AIFA) should be ashamed - not proud - of its part in reducing the minimum adviser qualification level, according to the managing director of Smart Financial Planning.
16 February 2010
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Regulation
Lifemark, the life settlement vehicle embroiled in the collapse of Keydata, has been given a further six months to restructure.
16 February 2010
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Your profession
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in European financial services, excluding government-led deals, sunk to its lowest levels for six years in 2009, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
16 February 2010
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Economics / Markets
Boosting economic growth is more important than controlling inflation, advisers say.
16 February 2010
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RDR
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) says it is prepared to work with Ken Davy's newly-formed Alternative Assessment Project Group, but only once the FSA has firmed up its evaluation criteria for getting to Level 4 standard.
16 February 2010
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