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Citywire Investment News
- Evershed claimed Duffield 'undermined' fund managers' confidence
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:07 +0100
Fund manager Patrick Evershed can proceed with his case claiming constructive dismissal against the now defunct New Star Asset Management.
- Towergate launches RDR transition service
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:07:26 +0100
Towergate Financial is to allow advisers access to its investment proposition and platform as part of a service to help firms prepare for the retail distribution review and improve client communication.
- SC Davies launches global multi-asset funds ahead of RDR
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:30:22 +0100
Boutique wealth manager SC Davies Co to launch a trio of funds ahead of the retail distribution review (RDR).
- FSA brings advisers and wealth managers under remuneration code
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:20:41 +0100
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is proposing to widen the application of its remuneration code to investment and financial advice firms, forcing advisers to defer 40% of any bonuses for three years.
BBC Business News
- BT profit up despite revenue fall
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:31 +0000
BT reports what it describes as "acceptable" quarterly results, with profits sharply higher despite a fall in revenue.
- Shell sees profits almost double
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:44:27 +0000
Second-quarter profits at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell almost double after it completes a year-long restructuring programme.
- New face
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:26:04 +0000
Can the new Metro Bank really shake up High Street banking?
- House price inflation eases again
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:12:47 +0000
UK house prices fell 0.5% in July, the Nationwide says, cutting the annual rate of house price inflation to 6.6% from 8.7%.
BBC News
- Jobs boost at solar panel factory
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:03:25 +0000
Electronics giant Sharp says a "substantial" number of jobs will be created following a £30m expansion of its Wrexham factory.
- Vicar guilty of sham wedding scam
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:58:51 +0000
A Sussex vicar is found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages over four years to bypass immigration law.
- Child heart op ban 'should stay'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:58:30 +0000
Children's heart surgery should remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where four babies died, a report says.
- Second missing US sailor 'dead'
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:57:11 +0000
Jarod Newlove, the second of two US servicemen who went missing in Afghanistan last week, is found dead, officials say.
