Treasury committee chairman Andrew Tyrie has called on the regulator to scrap the "fundamentally flawed" approved persons regime for advisers and instead align the sector with standards being introduced for the banking industry.

Former F&C marketing head Tracy Fennell has joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM).

A slowing China could force US and UK central banks into a further easing of policy this year, even as investors prepare themselves for an end to QE, according to Jupiter CIO John Chatfeild-Roberts.

Sarasin & Partners has renamed its multi-asset fund and cut charges on the product as part of several changes to the group's fund range.

A fraud case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was dealt a lifeline by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) after it 'declassified' the high cost case to attract barristers who initially refused to represent the defendants on recently reduced fees....

Former Threadneedle CIO, CEO and chairman Simon Davies has joined Square Mile Investment Research as a founding investor and chairman.

Nouriel Roubini, famed for his gloomy predictions on the global economy, has become the latest bear to turn more optimistic over prospects for 2014.

Jupiter's Rhys Petheram is to take over the fixed income portion of the group's £540m High Income fund from Ariel Bezalel next year.

Brooks Macdonald has signed an option agreement to acquire Levitas Investment Management for up to £24m.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has retained an AAA sovereign credit rating for the UK but says there is still a one in three chance of a downgrade next year.