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Legal and General is now offering the facility to apply for different sums assured for term assurance and critical illness cover.

Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is planning to convert a further four unit trusts to Oeics at the end of February 2010.

Consumer watchdog Which? has launched a telephone helpline offering information and guidance on personal finance for its members.

A single-issue political party, focusing on pensions reform, has been launched by former National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chairman, Robin Ellison.

Artemis has been the subject of a management buyout, involving a US asset manager.

Simon Chamberlain's consolidation vehicle Succession Advisory Services has signed up Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas Financial Services (CDFS) - keeping it on track to hit its five-year target of £7bn funds under management (FUM).

Employers are increasingly addressing issues such as mental health in a bid to reduce long term absence rates, research from Aviva suggests.

Adviser network Paradigm has added PruProtect to its protection partners.

Goldman Sachs could pay its chief executive a bonus of up to $100m in defiance of moves by President Obama to take action against bloated bank benefits.

Paul Jourdan, renowned smaller companies manager, has completed the MBO of Noble Fund Managers with colleague Douglas Lawson.