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Transact has welcomed Towry's claim to have sorted out the transfer delays of former Edward Jones clients, but warns the saga has yet to be "put to bed".

London's top stocks have given up some of yesterday's triple-digit gains in early trading, with the FTSE 100 down 0.72%.

Ashcourt Rowan's operating profit fell to £2.72m for the year to 31 March compared to £2.96m the previous period, as the wealth manager completed its merger into Syndicate Asset Management.

Barclays Bank is sending female staff members into prisons across the country to recruit inmates as new customers.

RBS is set to announce the sale of 318 branches to Spain's Santander as the UK lender offloads the former Williams & Glyn's network.

Nationalised lender Northern Rock has returned to profit in the first half of the year.

The NHS will have no choice but to remove some free treatment currently available and to penalise unhealthy behaviour, Friends Provident believes.

Nikko Asset Management has listed the first ETF in Asia tracking the MSCI Japan index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

Medical second opinion service Best Doctors has been introduced to all new Scottish Widows' Protection for Life policies.

Discovery Holdings of South Africa has released short term plans as it complete the acquisition of Standard Life Healthcare, boosting PruHealth to one of the UK's larger private medical insurance (PMI) providers.