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Santander UK Plc was last week fined £12,377,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after the regulator uncovered serious failings in the way it offered financial advice from its bank...

Since July 2011, when the first Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs) were published, investment funds’ literature in the UK have not disclosed Portfolio Turnover rates, enraging many financial advisors and commentators...

We’ve all seen the figures and read the endless reports about the property market coming back to life...

The London Stock Exchange has welcomed seven new retail companies to its markets, raising £2...

Standard Life Investments has this week announced the launch of Global Focused Strategies (GFS) an absolute return portfolio that aims to generate high, positive returns irrespective of market conditions...

By Jade Fu, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management   Following the recent sell-off in emerging markets, there is a view developing that now is the time to invest...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed Julia Hoggett as head of investment banking in its supervision division, starting in early May...

By Adrian Lowcock, senior investment manager at Hargreaves Lansdown Adrian offers his last minute ISA ideas as this year’s deadline approaches...

International investors at the world’s largest real estate show MIPIM were last week offered the chance to become part of the biggest Brownfield residential site in Birmingham...

Square Mile Investment Consulting & Research (Square Mile), the research and consulting company, have announced the appointment of Alex Farlow, as Head of Risk Based Solutions Research...

Investors in Castle Trust’s unique Protected Housa investment product have seen capital growth of 3...

People looking to lend money or invest through crowdfunding will be better protected under new rules confirmed last week by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Dividend yield in the emerging markets are at their most attractive in 5 years, ING Investment Management International has highlighted...

Last week marked the sixth anniversary of the Bank of England’s implementation of the 0.5 per cent interest rate, and Zurich Private Capital’s UK-based Investment Manager has advised savers to look to advancing economies in order to achieve higher returns...

Eighty-six per cent of financial advisers are more confident of the prospects for their firm compared to a year ago, whilst 71 per cent have a more optimistic outlook for the wider financial services industry, according to a poll conducted for Bankhall...

People who are saving significant amounts towards their retirement through a pension will be penalised with a 55 per cent tax rate when the lifetime allowance threshold (LTA) is reduced from £1...

By Baring Asset Management   The premature exit of the pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich in the Ukraine came amid a wave of popular protest, creating a political vacuum in the country where there are longstanding political and ethnic divisions...

Technology and Financial Services firm True Potential Investments has launched a new service that aims to make it easier for clients to save, enhancing relationships between advisers and their clients...

LendInvest and Montello have announced that Mrinal Ray has been hired as Head of Risk and Compliance...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Arnold Eber, the former Chief Executive Officer of CIB Partners Limited (CIB), from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity in the financial services industry...