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Inflows into exchange traded funds during the first half of 2011 have far exceeded those in 2010.

Banking giant HSBC has reported a surprise rise in profits but still plans to shed thousands of jobs and exit operations in 20 countries.

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Mark Wilson, former chief executive of Asian life assurer AIA, is trying to raise private equity backing to bid for the non-core emerging markets businesses of Aviva, according to reports.

Global markets climbed overnight and in early trading on Monday on news the US has agreed an outline solution to its debt crisis.

Peter Dew has stepped down as chairman of wealth manager Ashcourt Rowan after just over a year in the role.

Financial secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, has announced that two deregulatory amendments to the EU Prospectus Directive have been brought into effect a year early by the UK to help small businesses access equity finance more cheaply and effectively....

The UK economy will only grow at a "sluggish" rate this year, according to the CBI.

President Barack Obama has announced a deal to end the US debt crisis, which will raise the nation's debt ceiling by at least $2.1trn and cut the federal deficit by as much as $2.5trn over a decade.

Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has ruled out cutting the top rate of tax, after former Tory chancellor Lord Lamont called for tax cuts over the weekend.