A group of Bristolian traders have launched their own currency for the town, backed by the local council and a credit union.
Charles Stanley has appointed product aggregator All My Plans (AMP) to assist in the launch of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform later this year.
Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown fell almost 3% today after RBS downgraded the business from 'hold' to 'sell'.
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Six months on from reforms and in a sustained period of market volatility, Fiona Murphy looks at how advisers should tackle the issues that income drawdown presents
Banking and asset management giant Investec has exited the FTSE 100 as part of the latest re-shuffle of the UK's leading share index.
Hargreaves Lansdown has added an "ultra-low-cost" UK tracker fund to its Vantage platform.
Advisers should consider the ownership of a platform when doing their due diligence as foreign-owned platforms are historically more likely to pull out of the market, according to Ascentric managing director Hugo Thorman.
Pensioners may be forced to move drawdown provider as many are behind legislative changes, says Hargreaves Lansdown.
Wrap platforms have defended Hargreaves Lansdown's plans to charge a flat fee of up to £2 per month for tracker funds, saying the move is one of commercial necessity.