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Plum Software has partnered with identity management specialists GB Group to launch an electronic identity checking service to help IFAs avoid breaching FSA regulations.

Allianz Global Investors is set to launch a Ucits III version of its Discovery Europe fund in October.

Creditors of the defunct Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers have been dealt a blow after the High Court rejected a scheme put forward by the administrators for the firm's European arm.

Ascentric has joined forces with db x-trackers to run further masterclasses on exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Unfair insurance administrative charges, excessive banker bonuses and mortgage rates that don't reflect the Bank of England's base rate are topics that most British consumers will discuss with zest over a pint in the local.

The US has punctured Switzerland's secrecy law shielding US citizens with cash stashed in the offshore centre, forcing the Swiss authorities to reveal the names of nearly 5,000 wealthy Americans with accounts in UBS.

Van Eck Global has unveiled the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF on NYSE Arca, the first US-listed ETF tracking the Vietnamese market.

Hargreaves Lansdown has removed the UBS UK Smaller Companies fund from its Wealth 150 recommendation list.

Coventry Building Society has shrugged off the credit problems plaguing other mortgage lenders, posting a rise in profits for the first six months of the year.

The remit of the personal accounts trustee board appears to give "unfettered power" to the scheme trustees, Bluefin warns.