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Axa Elevate has teamed up with Winterflood Business Services to cut the cost of trading securities including ETFs across the platform by moving to an aggregated system.

The regulator should crack down on self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers that work with unregulated investment schemes promising above-average returns, according to one provider.

The Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced he will give his annual Autumn Statement to parliament on 4 December 2013.

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The Treasury is exploring the idea of capping tax-free ISA allowances to crack down on 'ISA millionaires', while investigating plans to reduce the amount retirees can take as a tax-free lump sum.

The country's current pension system sees workers enrolled into "risky and inflexible" funds and must be modernised to ensure millions of people are not failed, according to Ros Altmann.

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned that a US default could tip the world into recession.

City stockbrokers are considering lodging an official complaint after the government's decision to reject the majority of applications for Royal Mail shares cost them millions in lost commissions.

Savers who do not have an old account paying a competitive interest rate could consider using a current account for savings.

Britain's economic recovery is now firmly entrenched thanks to a spending spree by consumers - and fears of a housing bubble are just ‘hysteria', say leading economic forecasters.