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Barclays could slash as many as 2,000 jobs from its investment banking arm as part of a broad restructuring of the company.

Skandia is planning to seed its new ‘Select' fund range with substantial institutional money from its life book in exchange for groups surrendering margin to join the exclusive panel of funds.

Scottish Widows has announced its post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) charging model and the enhancement of its e-commerce channel.

The government has set the earnings threshold at which workers are auto-enrolled at £9,440 for 2013/14.

Online videos will be the way one adviser plans to set himself apart from his peers in the New Year.

An IFA specialising in socially responsible investment (SRI) is launching an ethical fund of funds in the New Year.

Nottingham Building Society and Shepshed Building Society have agreed in principle that the two societies should merge.

South-east based advisory firm, Foster Denovo, is in talks to recruit 100 advisers following an announcement in October that it plans to grow its staff by 50%.

Fee-based adviser Fiducia Wealth Management is to align with a number of professional services firms next year as it eyes a family office model that will be "indispensable" to clients.

A two-timing investment banker has been jailed for two years and eight months for insider dealing.