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Axa Wealth has appointed Martin Jennings as managing director of its Elevate platform as part of a restructure of its business which sees a number of new appointments.

Ireland's GDP contracted 1.2% in the second quarter and confounded analysts' expectations of 0.5% growth, according to an initial estimate released today.

Lyxor Asset Management has listed the first Asia ex-Japan equity sector ETFs on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris.

Principal Investment Management today launched its new wrap solutions service which it says is ready-made for the RDR.

Firms risk missing out on £200m of backdated small business rate relief as many local councils have failed to provide owners with adequate information on the scheme, warns property specialist LeaseholdersUnited.

1st Exchange has added investment management company Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (BMAM) to its list of bulk valuation services providers.

Government bonds jumped on Wednesday on rumours the Bank of England could be moving closer to increasing its £200bn "money-printing" programme to buoy the recovery.

Bronek Masojada, the chief executive of Hiscox has called for a separate trade body to represent the interests of general insurance from those of the life and savings sector.

George Osborne has been accused of undermining the Treasury's new economic watchdog by appointing one of his own officials to run operations.

As much as £1.5bn in unpaid taxes could be written off by HMRC as a number of cases are more than two years old and could be open to legal challenge by taxpayers.