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MPs have launched an inquiry into the progress of auto-enrolment after the shock changes to the pension system announced in the Budget.

The vast majority of advisers have faith they will adapt successfully to a world without trail commission, but one in ten say it could mean they cease trading, according to a survey.

The Investment Management Association has said there are signs the polarisation of fund flows is decreasing, despite consolidation across the distribution chain pointing to the opposite effect.

John McFarlane, the chairman of insurer Aviva, has left the business to become chairman of banking group Barclays.

Investment trust analysts at Winterflood Securities have marked Scottish investment trusts as a buying opportunity should the country vote ‘yes' to independence.

Banks need to prepare for market turmoil once central banks start to raise interest rates and unwind quantitative easing, a leading policymaker has said.

The former boss of Sainsbury's supermarket has issued a strong warning about the costs for retailers of doing business in an independent Scotland.

Aegon would establish a new registered life company in England should Scots vote for independence on 18 September.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) holders with Scottish properties in their portfolios will need to consider their options in the event of a 'yes' vote in the upcoming independence referendum, says SIPP provider Suffolk Life.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched civil proceedings against individuals it believes have carried on regulated activities without authorisation while purporting to be a private bank.