Economics / Markets

Hargreaves Lansdown has risen 5.8% to top the FTSE 100 leaderboard as the blue-chip index recovers from yesterday's decline.

Towergate has started targeting large UK-based companies in a bid to widen its customer base.

Creditors of collapsed advisory group Honister Capital have been told that trail commissions claimed by its former advisers actually belong to the group.

Economic output per person in the UK will not recover to its pre-crisis peak until 2018, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

The Chancellor has insisted Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bankers, not the taxpayer, must pay the fines handed out over the LIBOR fixing scandal.

The Honister Capital administrator, Grant Thornton, has assured creditors that the 112 complaints it has received since the advisory firm went into administration will be dealt with by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The UK's leading share index pulled back from multi-year highs Monday following a surge last week, as investors took profits from winning shares.

National advisory group Perspective has set up a new operational board and promoted several key individuals.

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