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Turner urges insurers to stamp out opaque products

Story by: Joy Dunbar, Financial Adviser

Insurers must design and distribute more straightforward products, according to Lord Turner of Ecchinswell.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 18.06.2009
  • Published in: Regulation

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Square Mile will benefit from regulation: report

A reformed financial services sector will play an important role in Britain's economic recovery, according to a report by the Treasury.

  • Date published: 14.05.2009

European Commission report: the facts

Key points from European Commission reports

  • Date published: 07.05.2009

Clerical Medical: timeline

A history of Clerical Medical

  • Date published: 07.05.2009

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Icelandic debacle exposed FSA 'shortcomings'

The FSA has been told to review the way it deals with other regulators after its counterparts in Crown dependencies accused it of holding back information as Icelandic banks collapsed.

  • Date published: 09.04.2009

Axa Winterthur unveils adviser support services

Axa Winterthur Wealth Management has launched a new support programme for advisers, including a regulation website, access to a team of business consultants, and a series of workshops during this month.

  • Date published: 05.03.2009

ABI refutes claims of insurance crisis

The Association of British Insurers has hit back at claims that life insurers could follow Legal & General and see their share prices slump.

  • Date published: 19.02.2009

On the buses

While some ladies would be quite offended to be compared with the back end of a bus the Scottish Widow is happy to be splashed across the side of one.

  • Date published: 12.02.2009

Give societies the same chance as banks: Nationwide

Nationwide is demanding the government change building society laws so they do not have to leap through more hoops than banks to get extra funds to offer mortgages to consumers.

  • Date published: 12.02.2009

Tories want tougher stance against financial crime

George Osborne suggests adopting the US' aggressive stance on regulation

  • Date published: 05.02.2009

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02 July 2009 (View issue)

Ruling highlights need of Barclays' sales tactics probe

Barclays Bank’s approach to switching clients from one product to another should be probed following a Financial Ombudsman Service provisional ruling against the banking giant, according to an IFA.

25 June 2009 (View issue)

Commercial lending 'wounded' West Brom

18 June 2009 (View issue)

Gov't 'lacks interest' in EU regulation debate

11 June 2009 (View issue)

Future of Lloyds' IFA brands in question

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Providers anticipate a pensions shake-up

28 May 2009 (View issue)

More faulty pensions transfers to come: IFA

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Retirement Planning (View Issue)

The sooner the better

The concoction of longevity, the A-Day simplification and the pending personal accounts all adds to the retirement planning melting pot.

  • Date published: 28.05.2009

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Gov't unveils £11m in funding for apprenticeships
  • Date published: 28.05.2009

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Doing the maths
  • Date published: 30.04.2009

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Pfeg backs Ofsted finance demands
  • Date published: 26.03.2009

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Knowing your ABCs
  • Date published: 26.03.2009

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Staying ahead of the game
  • Date published: 05.03.2009

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