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Capita, the authorised corporate director of the failed Arch cru funds, has revealed the settlement earlier this year cost it £17.9m.

HSBC encouraged bank staff to refer customers to the Nursing Home Fees Agency (NHFA), according to an alleged training video.

Victor Arakaki, investment director at HSBC Global Asset Management, outlines ten reasons why investors should consider Brazilian equities.

Critical illness products are continually evolving worldwide. With this in mind, Greg Becker checks out some interesting developments in Hong Kong.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

A former adviser at NHFA has launched a stiff defence of the advice given - and products sold - by most of his ex-colleagues after parent company HSBC was fined £10.5m for mis-selling investment bonds to the elderly.

Who has moved where so far this week?

The ten worst offending payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling firms could face costs of over £55m to enable regulators to deal with the problem.

(Updated 11:15am) The FTSE 100 is trading more than 1% higher in mid-morning trading on Tuesday afte closing 2011 down 5.5% for the year.

A group campaigning for a judicial review into the Arch Cru investment funds scandal has had its initial request rejected by the High Court.