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Advisers fear they could face problems justifying investment choices in a post-RDR world, a December survey by Prudential suggests.

More than one million householders in the UK have used credit cards to pay their mortgage or rent in the past 12 months, according to a survey by homeless charity Shelter.

A former research analyst, Robin Chhabra and his friend Sameer Patel, a spread better, have been found guilty of market collusion and fraud by the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal (the Tribunal).

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) appoints Natalie Ceeney as chief ombudsman and chief executive.

Manchester United is to raise £500m through a bond issue in a bid to pay off its debts.

Aviva has made a number of enhancements to its group risk products.

Barclays Wealth is reissuing its Emerging Market Optimiser (EMO), offering a six year term for the first time.

Protection expert Kevin Carr has set up Kevin Carr Consulting, which will provide consultancy, public relations, marketing and training services to the protection and wider financial services industry.

The Corporate Bonds sector stormed to first place in the FundsNetwork sales chart for 2009 - but failed to make the top ten list of performers.

Mortgage fraud accounted for 18% of all reported fraud last year, according to research from accountants and business advisers BDO.