Three things your clients may call you about this week …

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The latest on the Woodford saga, intergenerational wealth and furlough fraud - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

Woodford investors rally to take action At least 6,000 people have signed up to possible litigation against Link Fund Solutions over its handling of the failed Woodford Equity Income fund, reports The Sunday Times this weekend. Law firm Leigh Day has registered more than 3,000 investors affected by the closure of the fund, saying Link "is a main focus of our investigation, which is in an advanced stage" and a further 2,000 people have registered with law firm Gordon and Slater, which is "actively considering" Link as a potential defendant. Meanwhile RGL Management, another law firm, h...

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