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Andrew Moss, group chief executive of Aviva, has stepped down from the company with immediate effect.

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The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has today announced that The Red House Consulting Ltd. which is based in London, is the latest firm to join its rapidly growing Accredited Financial Planning FirmsTM register.

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Partnership, a UK care annuity provider, has revealed the results of its first Partnership Care Index, where almost 41% of consumers aged 45-85 say that they would need to fund long-term residential care by renting or selling their property.

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With less than a year to go until the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has announced a series of free educational seminars on investment companies across the UK, targeted at financial advisers.

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More than four years after the start of the recession, the UK economy is well over 4 per cent below its pre-crisis peak. This persistent weakness is unprecedented, says the National Insitute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

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The Investment Management Association has today published its monthly fund statistics for March 2012 showing a significant drop in Isa net sales compared to two years ago and a shift by investors to fixed income funds.

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Standards International, a Certification Body, has claimed to be the first in the market to launch its BS 8577 Certification Scheme and will soon be in talks with the British Standards Institute (BSI) about getting it kitemarked.

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The UK economy will see growth resume in the second half of 2012, with faster GDP growth during 2013, according to the latest quarterly CBI economic forecast.

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The IFP says there are now only a limited number of places available for its exclusive Paraplanner Conference on 24 May.

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Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders rose 58% in March 2012 compared to the same month last year, and by 40% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011. Net lending by mutuals was positive for the sixth consecutive month.

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