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Towergate Financial has started the New Year in expansion drive with the acquisition of fee-based IFA K B Rollitt & Company.

Goldman Sachs has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch its first range of ETFs.

Upcoming changes to the minimum retirement age mean financial advice will be under extra scrutiny, IFA Almary Green warns.

Defined benefit schemes saw an increase of more than £170bn in total deficits in 2009, marking the worst year on record, Pension Capital Strategies (PCS) says.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is partnering with the consortium of banks behind Turquoise to create a pan-European trading platform.

One in five company pension scheme savers say they would be more likely to save for retirement if their pot was protected by guarantees, according to MetLife.

ETF Securities (ETFS) has named Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi and Rabobank International as the counterparties backing its ETF Exchange funds.

Former New Star Asset Management founder John Duffield has unveiled further details of his new Brompton Asset Management venture.

Lending activity is likely to remain relatively depressed in 2010 until funding and supply conditions improve, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA).

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway suffered its worst return against the stock market for a decade in 2009 - a year which saw indices around the world rally.