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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said it, together with Essex Police, is continuing to investigate complaints into troubled overseas property company Harlequin.

Activist hedge fund the Children's Investment Fund (TCI) is the largest private shareholder in newly listed Royal Mail, a regulatory filing has revealed.

More than half of young workers are facing the prospect of lousy retirement incomes unless they significantly increase their pension contributions, an influential think-tank has said.

The former boss of the Co-op was lambasted by MPs for having ‘selective amnesia' after he claimed its stricken bank is an innocent victim of the financial crash.

Careers breaks to care for children, more common part-time working and typically getting paid less money than men are key factors preventing women from saving adequately for retirement, according to a report.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has paid out more than £880,000 to clients who lost money following the collapse of overseas property schemes advised on by former IFA Bentley-Leek.

Lazard Asset Management's UK business has seen profits fall sharply by 75% in 2012 following a rise in outflows as well as a jump in costs.

Sense Network has launched a comprehensive auto enrolment support service for all of its members in conjunction with Steve Bee's Jargonfree Benefits.

Advisory firm Bellpenny has selected Voyant Adviser as the financial planning tool for its advisers and wealth managers.

The advice industry is paralysed by a fear of doing wrong, which has led to a "commoditisation of investment solutions", Ashcourt Rowan chief executive Jonathan Polin has said.