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UBS shareholders including F&C are set to rebel against the Swiss bank's proposed pay packages for its top executives, echoing the moves taken by Barclays shareholders last week.

Almost a million more people will fall into the higher rate tax band due to changes to tax thresholds made by the government, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a four-year high last night as investors flock to US stocks amid the resurgence in the country's economy.

With about five months to go until auto-enrolment begins just under 70% of employees remain unaware they will be affected by the changes, Aviva research has found.

Pension policymakers have been urged to attend a summit to address how to avoid the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) creating an ‘advice gap' for the poorest pensioners.

Towry Law is to recruit ex-bank advisers and upscale wealth managers following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to its chief executive.

Aegon's UK group marketing director Paul McMahon has quit the business to join FNZ as its UK chief executive.

An inquiry into the "crucial issue" of corporate governance at Britain's top financial companies has been launched by the Treasury select committee.

Financial advisers from around the world are, on average, more confident about the global economy than they were in Q4 2011, according to Skandia International's latest Adviser Confidence Barometer.

Jersey will be well positioned to grow its alternative funds business when the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive comes into place, according to expert speakers at a recent conference organised by Jersey Finance in London.