Worry over bond PEPs
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"I'm worried people are buying these because they are offered by well- known institutions rather than because they understand them," he said. Mr Warland was speaking as Autif unveiled a survey of 1,000 people, a quarter of whom thought unit trusts were guaranteed to grow quicker than bank deposits.
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