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M&G has announced today Ben Cherrington will join as partnerships development manager from 1 January 2010.

Scottish Provident is launching a campaign for IFAs outlining how to best communicate the need for unemployment benefit.

Developing a simplified advice scheme "as fast as possible" and regulating product design are among five recommendations the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) says would improve consumer confidence in the industry.

The FTSE 100 hit a fresh year high this afternoon as global markets surged forwards.

Freedom SIPP has been wound up by the High Court, leaving its clients facing up to £66m in tax charges.

The FSA is happy with the number of registered individuals in the market but wants just a third of the firms, a growing IFA consolidator says.

The administrators of structured product providers NDFA and DRL say their priority is to confirm investor funds have been segregated from the firms' business accounts.

The FSA today told company chief executives it remains their responsibility to ensure job candidates for significant roles are "fit and proper", even though it will vet them too.

The number of unemployed has risen again, although the rate of increase is slowing, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A web-based complaints management system enabling IFAs of any size to view, track and respond to client grievances or feedback has been launched.