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Standard & Poor's has downgraded France's credit rating from AA+ to AA.

Hargreaves Lansdown has begun the process of telling groups if their tenders for inclusion in its ‘core' Wealth list have been successful, and is understood to have secured prices of around 50bps for equity funds and less for fixed income funds.

The Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced it will maintain interest rates at their historic low of 0.5%.

Investment Week's deputy news editor Dan Jones took the top prize at the prestigious Investment Management Association (IMA) awards last night.

The European Central Bank has announced a surprise cut in interest rates to 0.25%, sending the single currency tumbling.

Consumer groups must give the public a balanced view of financial services or they risk doing large numbers a disservice, Keith Richards believes.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be tougher than its predecessor but its more open approach has improved its standing in the industry, Keith Richards has said.

Positive sentiment about the future of the advice industry has returned but the looming skills shortage must be addressed, David Thomson has said.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to banks urging them to speed up their review of how interest rate hedging products were sold.

Axa Wealth is launching an exclusive share class on the Architas range for Elevate users, which delivers a 20bps reduction in the standard clean share class charge.