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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Arch Cru investment fund scandal and the lengthy list of shame published yesterday at 21:43
<br/>The Arch Cru scandal is probably the most damaging affair to hit the retail investment fund management industry since Morgan Grenfell fund manager Peter Young was found to have defrauded investors. The Arch Cru affair – although smaller in scale – has still caused irreparable reputational damage to all parties involved
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Revealed: The full cost of 'cash-saving' warranties published yesterday at 20:55
<br/>The results of a year-long investigation into controversial extended warranties are about to be published – raising fresh doubts over their value to consumers and the way in which they are sold.
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Row over bonuses is damaging London's reputation as a place to do business, say top bankers published yesterday at 11:49
<br/>Government ministers have been accused of trying to gain public favour this week by stripping former RBS chief Fred Goodwin of his knighthood and pressurising RBS boss Stephen Hester to reject a £1million bonus.
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Government launches £1m Mary Portas pilot scheme to revive town centres published yesterday at 11:33
<br/>The Government is looking for 12 areas to share £1million funding in a bid to regenerate town centres and high streets as part of last year’s review by Mary Portas.
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Lloyds TSB and Halifax stop offering pet cover leaving 50,000 owners to face huge veterinary bills published yesterday at 10:31
<br/>Many who have sick cats and dogs will be unable to find pet insurance elsewhere, as other firms will not cover animals that have already been treated.
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FSA puts 'sale and rent back' deals on hold after review shows poor practice in the sector published yesterday at 10:10
<br/>The FSA found that some firms did not fully assess how appropriate an agreement would be for the customer and simply allowed them to enter into it because they wanted to.
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Retiring workers lose up to £1bn as they are cheated by 'murky' industry published yesterday at 09:01
<br/>Each year, around 450,000 people use their accrued pension to pay an insurance company for an annuity that gives them an income for life. The National Association of Pension Funds describes it as a ‘toxic’ system that short-changes thousands of people every day.
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Retiring workers warned of £1bn pensions rip-off as hard-earned savings are cheated by 'murky' industry published on Friday at 23:53
<br/>Britain’s leading pensions authority says those who cash in their hard-earned pension pot are being systematically cheated by a ‘murky’ industry.
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Strip Sir James Crosby of knighthood, says HBOS whistleblower published on Friday at 21:31
<br/>Despite his role in the downfall of the bank, Crosby is hauling in nearly £1.2million in salaries from chairmanships and his pension from HBOS.
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RBS to overhaul bosses pay deals in wake of public anger over lavish Stephen Hester bonus published on Friday at 21:17
<br/>Sir Philip Hampton, who is paid £750,000 a year, said that bankers have been paid far too much over the past ten years, while shareholder s have suf fered a 'nightmare'.