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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to launch its first review of competition within investment banking, with a view to conduct a similar market study into asset management later in the year.
A report by think-tank New Financial has suggested fund manager pay may overtake that of investment bankers by 2016, following a sharp rise since the financial crisis.
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is set to undergo a major scaling-down of its investment banking arm.
Bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers should be barred, Labour leader Ed Miliband said.
RBS, HSBC and Barclays ignored warnings from third party advisers before selling on billions of dollars of toxic mortgage debt to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the lead-up to the financial crisis, court papers have alleged.
IFAonline asked three advisers which book, if any, they would recommend as a starting point for clients interested in the world of finance.
JP Morgan Chase is to pay $228m (£143m) to settle claims it rigged transactions of municipal bonds.
Europe's biggest banks must fully disclose their exposure to sovereign debts, as part of a new round of stricter stress tests.