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The price of oil could rocket to $200 a barrel this year, triggering a flash crash in stock markets, according to Rathbones' David Coombs.

Crude oil prices hit a 43-month high on Thursday following reports a Saudi Arabian pipeline had exploded.

Daniel Kiernan, director of Intelligent Partnership, explains the case for including some directly held tangible assets in your clients' portfolios.

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

The Treasury has again rejected calls to allow more alternative investment market (AIM) shares in individual savings accounts (ISAs).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to review its restrictions on the marketing of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to retail investors as a result of proposed European rules.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should as a matter of urgency retract its references to traded life policies (TLPs) as "toxic", EEA Fund Management has said.

A trial date for the recovery of assets of Joe Ezaz, the former senior partner of a law firm who is accused of misappopriating €9.8m of investors' cash in the Stirling Mortimer Global Property fund, has been set.

Tony Hales, managing director of Stadia Trustees, puts forward the case for including farmland in your clients' SIPPs.

Law firm Pannone is offering pro bono legal advice to Arch Cru investors to help them recover the millions of pounds lost in the fund range.