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Welcome to our weekly heads-up on articles your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Advice gap Researchers at Hull and Bournemouth universities have discovered that elderly people are finding it increasingly difficult to source financial advice in the wake of the Retail Distribution Review, according to the Independent. Declining pension and investment returns, along with the rising cost of living is having a particular effect on asset-rich but cash poor pensioners, many of whom are turning to non-finance professionals for monetary advice. Read the story here QE Investors are being encouraged to consider disposing of their gilt holdings in the wake of the news th...

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