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Perspective Financial Group, the IFA consolidator which has acquired more than 20 businesses since launch, has reported increased earnings and profits in the first half of the year, boosted by a doubling of assets under management (AUM).

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Banks led markets sharply lower in early trading after a long-awaited report from Sir John Vickers and the Independent Commission on Banking proposed a radical shake-up of the sector.

The European Union moved a step closer to a new treaty giving the eurozone greater fiscal integration over the weekend after Chancellor George Osborne said a new treaty was likely in the next two years.

Fidelity is to launch an onshore version of Amit Lodha's $250m Global Real Asset Securities fund in response to investor demand for tangible assets.

The government may bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 as part of radical plans designed to prolong the working life of millions, according to reports over the weekend.

Offshore advisers feel more confidence in the shape of their local economies than in the global economy.

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has added to coalition tensions over the future of the 50p top rate of income tax with a warning to Tories against 'helping their friends in the City'.

Irish funds recorded the highest level of net inflows in Europe in the first half of the year, reports the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).

Bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers should be barred, Labour leader Ed Miliband said.