Jupiter has written to unitholders in Ariel Bezalel's £1.6bn fund, asking them to vote on plans which would give the manager wider powers to use derivatives to take short positions.

The government will boost ISA, Junior ISA and child trust fund (CTF) annual subscription limits in line with the consumer price index, it said today.

The government's stake in part-nationalised lender Lloyds Banking Group is to be offered to the public, the government said today.

The Chancellor George Osborne said the "great recession" seen after the global financial crisis in 2008 had an even more detrimental impact on the UK economy than previously forecast.

The Chancellor has cut the UK's borrowing levels substantially in the Autumn Statement, substantially revising down March's forecast.

The UK's surprise economic recovery looks on course to continue as Chancellor George Osborne raised his forecast for UK growth over the next few years.

GLG's new hire Henry Dixon has said the FTSE 100 still offers investors more than 10% upside from here, despite the impressive rally it has already seen.

Hargreaves Lansdown has pushed back its widely anticipated pricing announcement until next year, having previously said it would be revealed in early December.

Jupiter's Robert Mumby, manager of the Jupiter International Financials fund, has identified five top stocks from around the world he expects to excel.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) said it is finalising the claims process for ARM investors with claims against Catalyst Investment Group, and hopes to start inviting claims in early 2014.