A planned deal which would create one of the largest asset managers in Europe grabbed our readers' attention this week.

UK GDP growth was 0.8% in the third quarter of the year, according to the first estimate from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The regulator is moving away from an over-reliance on static rules and regulations to a "good judgment" approach, and expects the industry to follow suit, Martin Wheatley has said.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has promised to keep interest rates lower for longer, ahead of the release of UK GDP growth data for the third quarter.

Activist hedge fund the Children's Investment Fund (TCI) is the largest private shareholder in newly listed Royal Mail, a regulatory filing has revealed.

Mirabaud Asset Management has launched a global strategic bond fund for recent hire Fatima Luis, and Andrew Lake.

Charlie Eppinger has joined the board of Old Mutual Wealth as non-executive director.

There was really only one story grabbing the headlines in the retail financial services world this week - the surprise exit of the most famous investor in the UK, Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is reassured by the progress banks have made in moving away from incentives-based sales models but it is still concerned about how investment and protection products are sold to consumers.

HSBC has been ordered to pay out $2.46bn by a US court after it lost a class action lawsuit against Household International, the lender it bought pre-crisis.