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Pensions Reform White
Paper
 The UK Prime
Minister led from the front as part of the publication of the
Pensions White Paper, claiming the package to the "biggest reform
of welfare for a generation". And to be fair to the PM,
the much-leaked package is an extremely ambitious series
of proposals which encompass the thorny issues of
tackling means testing alongside re-introducing the link
to earnings and raising the retirement age over time
for the Basic State Pension...
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MiFID: striking the
balance in investor protection
 The introduction of
MiFID (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) in
2007 will bring about major changes in the regulation of investment services.
The need to press ahead with greater progress towards a
single market for both retail and wholesale investment
activities is clear...
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The Pensions Nightmare
—ways to wake up?
 Right now,
16% of the UK population is retired according to ONS figures. This
number is predicted to rise to at least 25% in 40 years'
time. And yet, public faith in pension provision
of any description has never been lower...
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NYSE-Euronext deal
ups ante on cross-border clearing and settlement
 The NYSE-Euronext
'merger' has refocused the Commission's attention on cross-border
clearing and settlement, with the prospect that Brussels,
tired of the industry's failure to act, will move to regulate
soon...
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Bright future for
ISAs
 As recently
as 18 months ago, ISA sales remained under pressure. Looking at
recent sales figures, though, despite the turbulence recently seen
in equity markets there is every reason to believe that the HMRC's
final figures for ISAs over the 2005-06 last tax year will
reflect a major increase in retail investment through the Government's
flagship savings and investment scheme...
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Getting hip to HIPs
 Increasingly there's
less and less excuse for not knowing what a HIP is. The
volume on the subject has picked up considerably over the last two
months and this certainly looks set to continue...
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