Five things clients will call you about this week

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It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Pensions Barely a weekend goes by without yet more worrying news about the level of retirement savings, and this time it was the Guardian which reported on the wide gap between what people expect to receive on retirement and the ‘grim' reality. Zero interest rates Best-buy savings accounts may not be an area IFAs necessarily deal with, but a piece in the Telegraph will still have made for some interesting reading. It explained how some leading accounts were withdrawn last week and replaced by lower-paying alternatives, drawing a link between these developments and IMF chief Christine...

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