Equities

Insurance giant Zurich has revived its attempt to acquire rival business RSA with a new proposed cash offer of 550p per share, valuing the company at about £5.6bn.

Shanghai index falls another 7.6%

Chancellor issues warning after nearly 5% FTSE drop

Research firm adds 46 trackers to recommended list

Managers stand firm as panic-selling continues

How Tower Hill Associates manages £55m of clients' money

Mixed fortunes: Which fund groups soared in H1?

NEST's fresh approach to the retirement 'glidepath'

Financial markets are "ripe for major decline" next year, according to a fund manager who forecast the dotcom bubble and 2008's global credit crisis.

Friends Life is planning to transfer £24bn worth of segregated mandates from AXA Investment Managers to Aviva Investors, following its takeover by the latter's parent company at the end of last year.