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The last week has been one of major upheaval in the world of pensions, after George Osborne's latest Budget removed the requirement to buy an annuity, and the FCA then said it was preparing to probe closed life books. But which shares within the sector...

Shares in Resolution and peers tumbled today following reports the FCA is to probe 30 million legacy insurance policies.

Investors' ability to buy the entire Turkish market for the value of Starbucks indicates emerging markets are strangely undervalued, a fund manager has argued.

For managers looking to add alpha to their portfolios, striking the balance between stock concentration and portfolio diversification can be a tricky one.

Thousands of ‘accidental Americans' could be unwittingly caught by the Foreign Accounting and Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) from July, leaving them exposed to US tax liabilities, Vestra Wealth has warned.

Henderson Global Investors has scrapped plans for the creation of preferential share classes in order to offer intermediaries a ‘level playing field.'

New money pouring into the absolute return sector may not provide the protection investors are seeking, as data shows near-record correlations with long-only equity funds.

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