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GE Money Home Lending has confirmed that it is to cease allowing intermediaries direct access to its Equifax Explorer service, meaning some will be left with no way to credit score their clients.
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Is it right that a with profits fund should bear the costs of misselling? Yes, say the life companies citing a statement made in 1998 by Patricia Hewitt, the then Economic Secretary to the Treasury. She made clear that it was acceptable to meet the pensions misselling costs from the inherited estate, because it is "a sensible way to protect policyholders from immediate and severe cuts in their bonuses".
The nation's love affair with property has led to a general assumption that property investing is simply a good thing. Does it work for pensions, asks John Chapman?
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Cautious Managed funds may be the grey polyester suits of the investment world, but they do still have an important role to play in many investment portfolios. Jo Dymock takes a look at the performance of this sector
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Is it right that a with profits fund should bear the costs of misselling? Yes, say the life companie...