INTERVIEW

IFA consolidator Perspective Financial Group has acquired the clients of financial advisory firm Kingsworld Walder.

Barclays has made its GlobalAccess multi-manager fund range available to advisers through two major platforms, and hopes to launch on the remaining large providers by the end of the year.

Adviser and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods said the acquisition of Kudos Independent Financial Services 12 months ago helped boost its full-year wealth management revenues by almost 50%.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will argue for a "time-limited" extra tax on the UK's wealthiest people as politicians reconvene after their summer breaks.

Closed fund consolidator Phoenix Group has appointed former Financial Services Authority (FSA) head Sir Howard Davies as chairman.

The successor to Mervyn King will have an "unduly powerful role" thanks to Treasury plans to extend the powers available to the Bank of England (BoE), one of the bank's advisers has warned.

Business tycoon Asil Nadir has been found guilty of a total of ten charges of theft from his now-collapsed Polly Peck empire.

Billionaire investor George Soros has become one the biggest backers of Manchester United Football Club after buying a near 8% stake in its listed shares.

Former Polly Peck International (PPI) owner Asil Nadir has been found guilty of stealing a total of more than £5.5m from the company in 1989 and 1990.