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Government pension proposals need a 'dose of common sense' to work in the real world, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF)

Progress from Royal Liver has launched a new website as part of its fifth anniversary celebrations.

Peter Le Beau, co-author of the Protection Review and founder of the Income Protection Task Force (IPTF) received his MBE for services to insurance and to charity at a ceremony on 5 November.

Friends Provident is launching a new financial education and support service aimed at helping employees to manage their money.

The public is not aware of the repercussions of the welfare reform Act, IFAs have said.

Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group have been accused of forcing cash-strapped firms to use their investment banking services as a condition of lending, according to Reuters.

The number of UK firms planning to make staff redundant has fallen, according to a report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs understands "people are mad and bent out of shape" about bankers' actions but says he is just "doing God's work".

In a move to scale down its presence in the City, Groupama Insurances is to move its London head office from Minories to America Square on 16 November.

A delegation from Jersey is traveling to India later this month to promote the benefits of doing business there.