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The smallest discretionary fund managers in the UK market could be vulnerable to a fresh wave of takeovers by larger rivals, new research has suggested.

The International Monetary Fund has urged the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates lower for longer after downgrading its forecast for the country's growth rate.

Standard Life is to sponsor tennis star Andy Murray for the next three years.

Calls for professionals, including financial advisers, lawyers and accountants, who advise on tax avoidance to be prosecuted have been branded "flawed" and "disingenuous" by deVere Group.

Three financial advisers are packing their passports, maps and energy drinks in preparation to bring a world record back to the UK for charity: the most countries traveled in 24 hours.

See who has been successful in this year's Professional Adviser International Fund & Product Awards.

Regulation should be changed to allow a ‘national wealth service' to be established to distribute independent retirement advice more widely, according to Ros Altmann.

Novia's profits rose sharply last year after the group received a boost from the sale of its Novia Investment Services arm to Aegon.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Credit Suisse International (CSI) £2.4m and Yorkshire Building Society more than £1.4m for giving undue prominence to a structured product's near-unattainable potential return.

Thousands more families will be required to pay inheritance tax (IHT) this year as an improving economy and rising house prices pull them above the threshold, according to figures.