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An adviser has urged caution over the use of life company risk tools to design client portfolios after concerns surfaced about Zurich's Risk Profiler.

More than eight out of 10 advisers, trustees and employers believe employees do not understand the risk associated with different kinds of pension schemes, research suggests.

Pension specialists Scottish Life has appointed support firm Barrie & Hibbert to help it develop an investment framework to support its Governed Range Investment proposition.

Measures that could make it easier to introduce shared risk pension schemes will be considered by the government and industry in the New Year, Lord McKenzie reveals.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has joined forces with insurance supervisors to launch principles designed to protect policyholders and oversee risk.

Santander could provide a further £1bn of its own capital to help shore up Alliance & Leicester's balance sheet, in addition to the £1.25bn of shares it is providing, according to Morningstar.

The rapid growth of pension buyouts seen in early 2008 is set to continue, according to Pension Corporation director Steven Lowe.

Baring Asset Management has urged investors to re-evaluate portfolios to protect against the dangers of rising inflation.

Almost a third of potential investors are put off making a stock market investment because they do not know enough about the markets to make a confident investment, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).