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Four men have been jailed for a total of nine years for fraudulently obtaining mortgages on three properties in Bradford.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has proposed wide ranging reforms and a tightening of the rules around how exchange traded funds (ETFs) operate in Europe.

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has warned of the potential human rights implications of FSA proposals to collect individual adviser complaints data.

UK firms made the largest cash payout this quarter since 2008, Capita Registrar's latest dividend report has shown.

A warning about underperforming Child Trust Funds, dividends on the rise again, and the pros and cons of low-cost funds. Here is IFAonline's round-up of the weekend's national newspapers...

Fewer than half of funds in the IMA Absolute Return sector have managed to provide investors with a real return greater than the rate of inflation.

UK firms made the largest cash payout this quarter since 2008, Capita Registrar's latest dividend report has shown.

Advisers and managers have some legislative developments to catch up on following Luxembourg's approval of a draft bill of law which will modify the law on Specialised Investment Funds (SIF), the investment vehicle of choice for non-UCITS in Luxembourg....

Ireland's international fund industry shows no signs of stagnation as the latest findings of the IFIA Transfer Agency Survey confirms. Irish fund administrators are servicing assets from almost 170 countries and offer support capabilities in 28 languages...

Synthetic ETFs have grown ever more complex in how they are structured and in the underlying exposures the funds aim to achieve. All of which has caused these investment products to be subjected to increasing levels of scrutiny.