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The downgrading of Portugal's debt to 'junk' status by Moody's earlier this week has led to renewed criticism, this time from the European Commission (EC), of the role and behaviour of credit ratings agencies.

HSBC bank wrongly imprisoned a customer and harrassed her with hundreds of phone calls, a judge has ruled.

The government has proposed launching a new small business investment scheme as part of a plan to make the UK the "best place in Europe" for business and enterprise.

GPs are set to be balloted on what could become co-ordinated, NHS-wide industrial action against the Government's pension reforms, it has been reported.

Zurich has announced that it is planning to return to the direct insurance market in the UK later this year in a strategic partnership with its subsidiary Endsleigh.

Axa Elevate has partnered with Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management and Collins Stewart Wealth Management to add a further range of discretionary portfolios to its offering.

JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched a global equity absolute return fund to meet what it said was rising investor demand for products that can be benchmarked against cash.

Simmering debate about whether a financial planner offers better value to clients than a financial adviser "is completely misleading and sterile", according to threesixty head of business consultancy Phil Billingham.

The High Court has blocked three pension ‘unlocking' companies moving more than £1m worth of assets abroad over fears pensioners could lose their money in the risky schemes.

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