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Jupiter's Peter Lawery has said the next five years promise to be uncomfortable for investors as they try to dodge 'punches' in the form of central bank policy moves.

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Financial services law firm Regulatory Legal is suing Tailormade Alternative Investments over claims the investment business made defamatory statements about it.

Barclays is to cut 1,700 UK branch jobs from 2014 as customers move online for services.

The chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is "sympathetic"to calculating the scheme's levy based on the risk posed by specific businesses.

The planned cap on annual management charges (AMC) for pension schemes is too narrow and risks bringing an "artificial" element to the market, Scottish Life has said.

The Royal London group has entered in to an agreement with funds advised by independent private equity firm Vitruvian Partners to support a management-led buyout of Royal London's offshore arm 360° and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum.

A former financial adviser and his business partner have today been sentenced to a total of two years and nine months for giving unauthorised advice.

The self-invested personal pension (SIPP) market is in a ‘Mexican stand-off' situation with the regulator as it awaits capital adequacy regulation and the outcome of the third thematic review, a provider has said.

Two former regulatory supervisors have been appointed to senior roles at The Consulting Consortium (TCC).