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Government plans to overhaul the retirement process could increase the threat of pensions liberation fraud by overstretching administrators, warns the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

The Pensions Liberation Industry Group is set to release its code of practice on pension transfer due diligence in early July.

Tax relief on pension contributions should be scrapped and replaced in favour of a simple matching savings scheme, according to think tank ResPublica.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) concerns over outsourcing arrangements across the industry by producing a set of principles it expects members to adopt and adhere to.

The IMA has launched an online review tool for the Targeted Absolute Return sector designed to help advisers and consumers find and compare funds.

ING Investment Management has appointed two new senior portfolio managers to its emerging market debt team.

US markets have continued to make gains overnight on the back of positive data on the job market.

Staff have been quitting the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) at nearly twice the rate seen prior to the move to split the regulator into two bodies, according to reports.

The Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced it will maintain interest rates at their historic low of 0.5%.