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UK pensions escape EU solvency requirements

IFAonline | 23 May 2013 | 15:26 | Regulation

Pension schemes have avoided being forced to find £450bn worth of extra cash after the European Commission scrapped its Solvency II plans today.

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Events

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International Fund & Product Awards 2013

14 Jun 2013 - 14 Jun 2013

London, UK

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The British Mortgage Awards 2013

04 Jul 2013 - 04 Jul 2013

London, UK

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British Mortgage & Protection Senate

12 Sep 2013 - 13 Sep 2013

London, UK

View all the winners here

PPR Structured Product Awards 2012

View all the winners here

This year we celebrate the fifth annual PPR Structured Product Awards. The 13 awards are divided into two, covering the products delivered to market over the past year and the support services that are also essential to the market. All the awards are designed to highlight not just the winners but the strengths and capabilities of the range of providers in this highly innovative market.

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Structured Products Webinar

In the latest webinar from Professional Adviser, our panelists from Investec Structured Products and Morgan Stanley discussed Structured Products.

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Dodgy wills, musicals and fraud - The Mortgage Solutions News Quiz

Here's our first ever news quiz, compiled by Julia Rampen, to help you re-live some of this week's best, quirkiest or just downright odd moments on Mortgage Solutions. And don't forget to post your score in the Comments section at the end...

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