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Ruling highlights need of Barclays' sales tactics probe

Story by: David Pawsey, Financial Adviser

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.

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 02.07.2009
• Published in: Regulation

Distributors and providers must step in for IFAs

For consumers to regain confidence in the financial services industry, a consensus must be reached about how clients no longer in contact with their IFAs are treated, according to Aviva.

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 02.07.2009

L&G sees business protection gap of £1.1 trillion

Very few businesses have sufficient protection in place to cover an event such as the death or critical illness of a key person, according to research from Legal & General.

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• Date published: 02.07.2009

Threats from the open market

Living Time’s Offer More Options campaign has come on leaps and bounds in the last few months with a 1000 IFAs backing it.

• Time published: 12:16
• Date published: 02.07.2009

L&GII teams up with HSBC to offer index-linked bond

With savers concerned about declining interest rates, Legal & General International (Ireland) has joined forces with HSBC to provide a series of structured deposits, to offer customers potentially better returns than are currently available on traditional deposit accounts.

• Time published: 00:01
• Date published: 02.07.2009