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Thurleigh Investment Managers has launched a set of risk-managed model portfolios on platform Novia.

Investors cannot be counted on to make rational choices so regulators need to "step into their footprints" and limit or ban the sale of potentially harmful products, the head of the UK's new consumer protection watchdog said.

A reference to RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin having insufficient experience to run an international bank was removed from the FSA's official report into the bank's near collapse, it has been revealed.

Revenues at stockbroking, advisory and discretionary business Charles Stanley fell in the third quarter last year as a result of a quiet trading environment brought on by the depressed UK economy.

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) will reduce the interest rate on its direct saver accounts by 0.25% from today.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its growth forecasts for a number of major European economies for 2012 due to ongoing concerns about the region's recovery.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King last night backed calls for limits on boardroom pay, in a speech in which he also said the UK's economic recovery would be "arduous" and hinted at a further round of quantitative easing.

Bupa has launched Bupa Anytime HealthLine, a helpline providing 24 hour, unlimited medical advice and information from a team of GPs and nurses.

Wiltshire Friendly Society is the first insurer to publicise its 2011 Income Protection claims statistics.

Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown fell almost 3% today after RBS downgraded the business from 'hold' to 'sell'.