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Passive fund providers are under renewed pressure to reduce the cost of investing in their funds, following a move by Fidelity Worldwide Investments to cut fees on its index tracker range.

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Platform sales reached a new record in the second quarter, according to a Fundscape report which pointed to Budget reforms as a key driver of the surge in interest.

Argentina defaulted on its debt payments late last month after talks between a group of bondholders and the country collapsed, but it is not the only emerging market which looks vulnerable to a financial shock.

Since the financial crisis in 2008, the FTSE All-Share has been on a steady upward trajectory.

Strong US data in the past few weeks has encouraged investors holding large US positions, but does tightening monetary policy spell trouble ahead for emerging markets?

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has launched an at-retirement service ahead of the deadline for implementing the new flexibilities for defined contribution (DC) members next April.

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Fidelity's Dale Nicholls is making greater use of third-party consultants to mitigate the risk of company fraud, which has been a problem for the China Special Situations trust in the past.

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