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The Conservative party has promised a range of cuts if it wins power in the general election in May.

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Peter Hargreaves is to step down from the board of the wealth business with immediate effect.

Research and ratings group Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has launched a range of model portfolios for directly authorised small advisory firms.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Clydesdale Bank £20.6m for serious failings in its payment protection insurance (PPI) complaint handling processes that may have led to thousands of claims being rejected unfairly.

Alliance Trust has revealed it has "accelerated the process" of the search of a new non-executive director ahead of its crucial AGM later this month.

Ashmore has seen further outflows during the first quarter of the year, as investors continued to take money out of emerging market products.

The Conservative Party will promise a £1bn fund for building 400,000 new properties on brownfield sites as part of two big housing announcements in its manifesto unveiled later today.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned of a scam firm using the details of investment manager BlackRock to defraud investors.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is in discussions with the regulator and government to introduce additional safeguards to defined benefit (DB) pension transfers where the client wants to act against the advice they received.

With less than four weeks to go until the general election, wealth managers and strategists give their view on how investors should be positioned.