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Skandia has established two new support teams to provide technical assistance to advisers and help them make the most of its Investment Solutions platform.

House prices climbed for the seventh straight month in January, but at their slowest rate for six, the Halifax says.

A mortgage broker banned by the FSA inflated his declared £15,000 annual income to £188,000 on a mortgage application for himself.

Adviser Equitycare has merged with Better Retirement's domiciliary care brand - Paying for Care at Home.

Skandia and Henderson New Star are among a number of multi-asset groups to start bumping up their weightings to Japan, as they believe the beleaguered country could see a reversal in its fortunes this year.

WAY Fund Managers (WFM) is launching the WAY Charteris Gold Portfolio and WAY Green Portfolio funds with Asian and Best Ideas portfolios to come later this year.

Shares fell in London this morning with miners losing ground after high metal prices increased their value earlier this week.

An IFA firm has issued a formal complaint to US life insurance giant The Hartford over the incorrect tax treatment of clients who have annuities with its UK subsidiary Hartford Life.

The United States' top credit rating could be at risk should its nascent economic revival not develop into a full-blown recovery, Moody's Investor Service has warned.

Todd Stitzer, the chief executive of Cadbury, is to leave the company within weeks with £20m in cash and shares after Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft's chairman and chief executive, swung the axe at the British chocolate company's top three executives.