Lloyds' potential sale of its St James's Place (SJP) stake could be a landmark moment for the bank but the outlook for the wealth manager is less clear, according to investors and analysts.

The soaring share price of Lions Gate Entertainment and Disney's $4bn acquisition of Lucasfilm demonstrate the increasing power of content providers, according to Alliance Trust Asset Management's Justin Atkinson.

Walker Crips has agreed to sell corporate advice subsidiary Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co to BMV Investments as it focuses on core businesses.

Lloyds Banking Group has set aside an extra £1bn to cover costs relating to PPI mis-selling and has announced a £583m loss for the first nine months of the year.

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The UK Statistics Authority has called for a review into the early release of sensitive economic data after Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to let slip details of Q3 GDP ahead of time.

UK GDP rose by 1% in the third quarter of 2012, bringing the UK out of recession with first positive quarter of growth this year and beating analyst forecasts of a 0.6% rise.

Adam Smears, head of investment research at Skandia, has left the group to pursue other opportunities.

Quilter & Co and Cheviot Asset Management are in talks to combine their businesses via a private-equity facilitated merger.

UK dividend payments hit another record high in Q3 2012, the latest figures from Capita have revealed, although the mood was soured somewhat as it warned it will be "much harder" to make progress in 2013.