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HSBC Workplace Retirement Services (WRS) has launched an online portal allowing secure access for members, employers and advisers.

Emilio Botín, chairman of Banco Santander and one of Spain's highest profile public figures, is being investigated by the country's high court over allegations of tax-related offences alongside 11 other members of his powerful family.

The Financial Services Authority has agreed to temporary measures for HSBC to deal with payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints.

Two of the banking industry's biggest names were paid more than fifteen times their 2009 earnings last year, analysis suggests.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) group chief executive Stephen Hester has admitted the government's implicit subsidy to the industry may have fed into bankers' bonuses.

HSBC Global Asset Management has launched the first CIVETS fund making it available to both retail and institutional investors globally.

The UK public is still in the dark over the National Employment Savings Trust just a year before it is due to launch, a poll has found.

HSBC intends to launch three ETFs investing in global real estate, Russian and Chinese equities, alongside plans to further extend its emerging market coverage.

HSBC's shares have fallen more than 1.5% this morning after the bank revealed profits fell by $806m in Q1, driven down by $440m (£268m) PPI provision.

Despite outflows from emerging markets earlier this year, demand for exposure to Brazil remains robust as investors seek to gain from rising energy prices. Paul Burgin reports