Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed its top performing funds and sectors in October 2013 and says that after many years in the doldrums Europe is making good gains and India is showing signs of recover after three poor years.
Fewer than half (46 per cent) of couples over the age of 40 in the UK have made arrangements to ensure that one partner will continue to receive a retirement income after the other dies.
Aviva is demanding stricter rules on pension transfers to stop the "spiralling number of people being persuaded by fraudsters" to access their retirement savings early.
The Investment Management Association (IMA) has today published its monthly statistics for September 2013 which show that equity-based funds have been the top sellers for six months in a row.
Award-winning Financial Planner Emma Hall is set to join Clifton Wealth in Bristol and apply her skills to the personal investment, income drawdown and inheritance tax sectors.
JP Morgan Asset Management has launched an emerging markets fund, the Total Emerging Markets Income Fund, which combines investments in debt and equity.
The FCA has fined Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) for "serious, prolonged and widespread misconduct" relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, has today called for greater transparency to boost the reputation of the asset management sector and a "frank and open discussion" on how and where dealing commission is spent.
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