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The financial ombudsman (FOS) dealt with almost 400 complaints relating to collapsed stockbroker Wills & Co in the first half of the year, finding 99% in favour of the consumer.

The FTSE opened 0.04% up this morning at 5,565 as retailers came out with mixed messages on consumer sentiment.

Investment guru Warren Buffett has ruled out a double dip recession in the US and says the businesses owned by his Berkshire Hathaway vehicle are expanding.

Fidelity International is changing its name to ‘Fidelity Investment Managers' in an effort to better reflect the group's primary focus.

Nick Gartside will join J.P. Morgan Asset Management next year as the international CIO of fixed income, the group's lead bond investor outside the US.

Global banking shares drove markets higher today following the outcome of the Basel III Committee meeting to reform the banking sector.

Standard Life head of trading Mark Polson is leaving the company.

The government's plans to remove the age-75 annuitisation rule will make scheme pensions far more attractive to IFAs and clients, Hornbuckle Mitchell claims.

The majority of IFAs would like their platform to be independently run, a new study has found.

The first advisers have begun signing up to AIFA's new Diploma in Investment Planning.