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The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the three months ending May, driven primarily by growth in the production and private services sectors, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Anti-capitalist protesters campaigning against the G8 summit in London forced some fund groups to instigate protocols which saw fund managers work from home today.

A group of 1,100 Harlequin investors is proposing to make an offer to the company's chairman, David Ames, to put the troubled overseas property company's assets in a trust while a managed wind down of the business is achieved.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has called for a better recognition of the rising standards in the professional advice community on the back of recently published complaints figures.

A lack of further easing from the Japanese authorities coupled with fears over QE in Europe rattled markets today, sending the FTSE 100 to a seven-week low, with asset managers among the biggest fallers.

The High Court has approved a procedure for distributing the approximately $1bn of client money held by the UK arm of failed investment firm MF Global.

A tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Xcap Securities, a retail investment and capital markets business, £120,900 for failing to adequately protect client money and client assets.