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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is set to miss its five year performance target for the first time in over four decades.

Nouriel Roubini, famed for his bearish predictions on the global economy, has become the latest bear to become more optimistic over prospects for 2014.

House prices across the country rose by 8.4% in 2013 as the wider economy picked up, analysis from Nationwide has found.

The majority of employers are in favour of using auto-escalation schemes to increase contribution rates in defined contribution (DC) schemes, according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).

The UK must address a ‘structural failure' in business finance if it is to develop domestic equivalents to the likes of Google or Samsung, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Retail savings and investment industry body TISA has endorsed the government's plans to allow holders of child trust funds (CTF) to transfer their funds to ISAs upon maturity, outside of the normal annual subscription limits.

Craig Newman, ex-sales director at Invesco Perpetual, has moved Oakley Capital to work alongside fund manager Neil Woodford.

Investment group Hartmann Capital is set to wind up after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) prohibited it from carrying out regulated business after discovering a client money shortfall of £1.5m.

Octopus Investments has predicted a steep rise in allocations to venture capitalist trusts (VCT) in the coming year, having already seen a ten-fold increase in money attracted by its funds in the last year.

An event for paraplanners - who get to vote on their preferred topics of discussion beforehand - is set to take place in London later this month.