A Japanese fund - Legg Mason Japan Equity - has topped the best performing funds over the past decade but the best performers were a mixed bag with no single sector dominating.

HSBC Master Trust has become the first new master trust to be authorised by The Pensions Regulator which has so far focused on authorising existing schemes.

The Chartered Insurance Institute has appointed Jennette Newman as chair of its Professional Standards Committee.

Nick Cann CFP, the former chief executive of the Institute of Financial Planning, has been honoured with a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year Honours’ List.

Former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann has warned that the planned Pensions Dashboard will fail unless the government also introduces simple, standardised pension statements for all pension savers.

Young women are risking their retirement ‘security’ by opting out of their workplace pensions in higher numbers than men, according to a new study.

Financial Planning-based adviser and pension benefits company LEBC has unveiled what it calls a ‘Bionic Advice’ service designed to make financial advice more widely available and more affordable.

Financial mutual LV= has sold the remaining 51% it held in its general insurance business to Allianz Group, it announced today.

One in three UK adults (33%) say they suffer sleepless nights due to financial worries, according to a survey.

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