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Investors should switch from gold miners to bullion because the asset provides a stable alternative to currencies and a buffer against ongoing economic uncertainty, says Barings.

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called for reform of the UK's stamp duty system.

Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway has revealed it owns new stakes in Nestle and Exxon Mobil.

Credit Suisse has appointed Enrico Camerini as head of its Xmtch ETF platform in Italy.

The FSA has fined a former Pacific Continental Securities UK stockbroker £24,000 for insider trading.

The UK's main measure of inflation has increased on the back of rising oil prices.

Standard Life has hired James England as senior business development manager for its discretionary investment and wealth management business.

Skandia has appointed Cohen & Steers to manage its $300m Reits Global Property Securities fund in place of La Salle Investment Management, which had run the fund since its launch in 2005.

Mortgage brokers are flocking to secured loan providers in a bid to find alternative funding for clients hit by the withdrawal of lenders from the self-cert market.

Advisers are missing out on a "golden opportunity" by failing to exploit the crossover between personal and corporate clients, according to the founder of the Specialist Pensions Forum.