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Hargreaves Lansdown has added its name to a growing campaign attacking possible plans to scrap higher rate tax relief on pension contributions.

Friends Provident has launched an online toolkit it says will help advisers enhance their protection selling skills.

First State Investments has launched a new Global Emerging Markets Sustainability fund into the UK and Europe.

Councils with hundreds of millions of pounds trapped in collapsed Icelandic banks could get most of their money back.

Multi-channel distribution firm The Money Portal (TMP) has initiated a strategic review of its business and is in preliminary discussions with stakeholders that may lead to a capital restructuring.

A move in this week's Budget to scrap higher rate tax relief on pension contributions would be "entirely wrong" and "a direct attack on middle Britain", the Association of British Insurers (ABI) says today.

The recession will be deeper than expected and any recovery is not likely until next Spring, the CBI has forecast, reports The Telegraph .

The FTSE 100 has opened flat this morning despite another strong start for the banks, with London's blue-chip index remaining at its Friday close of 4,092.80.

Source, a new provider of exchange-traded products in Europe, has launched 13 ETFs and 22 ETCs. ...

Former Aviva UK Equity Income manager Dan Roberts is joining Gartmore to run its UK Equity Income fund.