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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) must monitor the overall rate of participation in auto-enrolment rather than focusing on opt-out rates, providers have warned.

Investors have been trading equities en masse according to the latest data from BlackRock, with 94% of a record $262.7bn of flows accounted for by the asset class last month.

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has revealed it has taken an 8% stake in football club Manchester United.

Fiona Murphy takes a closer look at how drawdown investment risk and reward is changing

Invesco Perpetual has hired David Bower as head of marketing for the EMEA region, after Rick White's marketing role was made redundant in November.

BlackRock has launched an Emerging Markets Absolute Return fund for managers Sam Vecht and Henry Wigan.

INFLATION

BlackRock has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the exchange-traded funds (ETF) business of Credit Suisse, in a deal set to complete by the end of the second quarter.

UK EQUITY INCOME

Consumers are overwhelmingly unwilling to pay for fee-based financial advice, according to a YouGov poll, with some expecting to pay as little as £10 per hour.