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An activist shareholder is demanding US technology giant Apple pay out more of its $137bn (£87bn) cash pile to investors.

Zurich is set to offer its protection proposition on its retail platform later in the year, to offer IFAs a complete holistic view of financial plans.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) said it expects advisers' share of the mortgage market to increase markedly this year as a raft of changes boost their prospects.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has sold his position in Voadafone, a former favourite in his two huge income funds.

European leaders are set to announce a long-term deal that would see the EU budget cut, in real terms, for the first time since the European Union was created.

Platform giant Hargreaves Lansdown has said it is ready for any price war started by rivals looking for a foothold in the direct to consumer market.

A draft National Curriculum for England which includes plans for compulsory financial education at secondary school has been hailed as "a victory" by industry campaigners.

Investors have been trading equities en masse according to the latest data from BlackRock, with 94% of a record $262.7bn of flows accounted for by the asset class last month.

Europe's Markets in Financial Instruments directive (Mifid II) distinguishes between independent and restricted advice, meaning a separate trade body for IFAs is still necessary, according to the founder of the IFACentre.

Novia has appointed its second sales manager recruited from insurer Zurich.