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The recent RDR consultation paper represents a 'common sense' set of proposals, says Transact head of marketing Malcolm Murray.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will halt its investigation into the fairness of bank overdraft charges.

Perspective Financial Group today acquired Platinum Portfolios, marking the Wilmslow-based consolidator's final acquisition in 2009.

Britain's banks will hold back an economic recovery due to their "significant debt burden", one of the world's leading credit rating agencies has warned.

Max King, strategist and portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management, looks back over some of the developments of the past year and notes some key areas to watch in 2010.

China is to hold its economic growth target at 8% in 2010 despite the global downturn.

Sesame Bankhall Group is calling on the FSA to consider a standard factoring scheme.

Swiss Re says the insurance and reinsurance sectors will continue their "U-shaped" recoveries in 2010, alongside the major global economies.

AXA PPP healthcare has announced a new structure and team to serve the intermediary healthcare market.

The FSA is considering providing staging posts for firms to indicate how much progress they have made in the transition to be RDR-compliant, but not until Q3 next year.