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Aegon CEO Otto Thoresen will this week join 24 other cyclists in a 10-day 1,000-mile bike ride to raise £100,000 for charity.

Lighthouse Group says mergers and acquisitions helped it boost revenue and gross profits in the first half of the year.

Top UK stocks drifted lower in a quiet start to the session as investors locked in gains after the FTSE reached a new 12-month high before the weekend.

The number of UK firms going bankrupt in August was the lowest number since last September when the collapse of Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers sent shockwaves across markets and economies around the world, a survey shows.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to consider a £3bn-£4bn share issue to reduce the stake it would hand to the government for joining its toxic assets insurance scheme and has approached its biggest investors about the idea, the FT reports.

The Government is leaving itself open to accusations of a future misselling scandal if it allows Personal Accounts to go ahead in their current form, according to an influential think tank.

2plan Wealth Management says it is "very close" to finalising a deal that will see more than 240 Park Row advisers join the firm in a bulk transfer.

The Dow Jones opened higher in early trading on Friday with Procter & Gamble heading up the winner's table.

The High Court has today approved plans for Aviva's reattribution of its inherited estate.

Henderson's Bill McQuaker, Schroders' Andrew Yeadon and Sarasin's David Vickers have been selected to run funds for IFA Foster Denovo's new investment company, Sequel.