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Perspective Financial Group has made its 24th acquisition with the purchase of Durham-based independent financial adviser (IFA) Walter Wright Financial Services (WWFS).

Latest figures showing investor behaviour in UCITS and non-UCITS released from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) show how investors refused to sell their equity fund investments despite market scares and woes.

With annuity rates hitting 20-year lows, people reaching retirement age face a stormy future, writes Billy Burrows, director of Better Retirement Group.

SPGO has launched a structured products investment platform aimed at financial advisers and institutional investors.

Fidelity's Ian Spreadbury talks to Cherry Reynard about why he has pared down risk in his Strategic Bond fund.

Incapital Europe has launched the first tranche of a structured investment that provides the potential to receive substantial fixed growth while reducing exposure to market risk through a ‘defensive digital' investment strategy.

Barclays Wealth International has launched an online tool which monitors forex rates. Called Barclays Wealth iAlert, the tool allows for the monitoring of up to 75 currency pairs.

European leaders have assured Greece its future remains within the eurozone but warned it must implement the tough austerity measures set out as part of its rescue plan.

The UK government is taking legal action against the European Central Bank (ECB) over a planned change to European banking rules it warns could harm the City of London.

Home secretary Theresa May has written to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme about its decision to compensate some Lehman-backed NDFA structured product investors but not others.