The world's top financial watchdog and the finance minister of Europe's biggest economy have voiced their concerns over the amount of credit being created in the global financial system.

Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...

Jeremy Corbyn, who romped home to win the Labour party leadership with a clear majority at the weekend, has named John McDonnell as his shadow chancellor.

An expat adviser a couple met when they retired to Spain has trapped their £380,000 pension pot in a collection of high risk problem-laden unregulated investments, leaving them in danger of losing everything.

Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire discretionary fund manager and platform Parmenion.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to add an undergraduate degree in financial planning to its list of approved qualifications.

Investors in suspended traded life policy fund EEA Life Settlements will share £56m in proceeds from the sale of some of its assets, though a shareholder group has voiced concerns the deal strips future value from the fund.

The City regulators will launch a new Financial Services Register to make it easier to find information on those they regulate - including scam firms for the first time.

Fund manager Octopus Investments is launching an Adviser Academy, an online learning portal for tax-efficient investing.

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