Skandia is working in conjunction with IFAs on a service which will enable advised clients to use its platform directly in order to top up ISA holdings, Investment Week can reveal.

Activist US hedge fund Elliott Associates has upped its stake in F&C to 11% ahead of the asset manager's planned £708m takeover by Canada's BMO.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Forex Capital Markets and FXCM Securities (FXCM UK) £4m for allowing the US-based FXCM Group to withhold profits worth £6m that should have been passed on to the UK business' clients.

Barclays Stockbrokers' clean fund prices show the platform has failed to secure the blockbuster deals on key funds negotiated by main rival Hargreaves Lansdown, Investment Week can reveal.

HSBC shares have fallen almost 5% after full-year results failed to meet market expectations.

Berry Asset Management is to become Border & Cie (UK) as it adopts the name of its parent company ahead of a UK expansion.

The chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Mark Neale has defended his organisation's multi-million pound spend on marketing, saying it will help protect the industry from detrimental consumer behaviour.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reminding investors that the deadline for filing for compensation from the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) is the last day of February.

Skandia has revealed the full list of individual prices on its WealthSelect range, which offers 56 funds with an average AMC of 0.52%.

The passing of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) into law has made it compulsory for UK investment firms to disclose the total cost of their investments to their clients.