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Principal Investment Management has placed a number of veteran UK income managers onto its infamous Black List of funds, part of the group's latest Income Study.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has added a new category to its Chartered Awards 2012 - Paraplanner of the Year.

Pensions and insurance provider Aegon has said it will accept requests from former Honister Capital IFAs to transfer in bulk the advisers' clients to their new employer.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has raised the spectre of further levies to compensate Bentley-Leek Financial Management customers invested in collapsed property schemes.

Charges on exchange traded funds (ETFs) and other low-cost products could rise following the introduction of new European rules, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford is running the most concentrated portfolios seen in his 25-year fund management career in an effort to shield his funds from economic headwinds.

Barclays Bank is considering a new remuneration process which would see bonuses for its top executives reduced and payment deferred until they have retired.

Tesco Bank has made a move into the mortgage market by launching a range of non-advised deals.

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July US employment figures have come in well ahead of economists' estimates, helping stave off fears of a new US recession, despite a small rise in the unemployment rate to 8.3%.