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Offshore bond sales at Standard Life have more than trebled compared with last year, against the backdrop of global market chaos.

As the first anniversary of Northern Rock's near demise approaches, analysis by Fidelity International shows that the credit crunch has led to increased concentration among Britain's blue chip companies.

Schroders is set to launch an Agricultural Land fund in September, designed to offer investors exposure to the long-term returns of agricultural land.

Société Générale said that it had suffered a sharp drop in new accounts, a sign that potential customers were being scared away by the biggest rogue trader scandal in history, reports The Times.

The Institute of Financial Planning is launching Financial Planning Week, a national initiative aimed at raising consumer awareness of the need to think about and plan for their financial well being.

Crispin Odey, a leading hedge fund manager known as one half of the "Posh and Becks" of the City, has paid himself £28m after his fund made £55m by betting against Britain's biggest banks, according to The Telegraph .

New Star International has appointed Kanise Chan as associate director of Greater China.

Baring Asset Management is to convert the ailing Baring Pacific fund into the Baring Asean Frontiers fund in a bid to capture opportunities in smaller, faster-growing markets in Asia.

Pension specialist Chandos Rose has merged with IFA Chadney Bulgin.

Bradford & Bingley International has raised its Euro Account interest rates.