Schroders has moved to hard close Paul Marriage's popular long/short Cazenove Absolute UK Dynamic fund in order to preserve performance.

Novia's in-house discretionary fund management service, Copia Capital Management, has gone live today, and the platform has already seen interest from several adviser users.

BP and Royal Dutch Shell produced mixed results last week, but top managers are returning to the beaten-up oil majors, predicting a focus on shareholder returns instead of "growth at any cost".

China has had a mixed few years, but with economic growth back on track and the stock market once again climbing, where should investors be looking for opportunities?

Ascentric, the Royal London-owned wrap platform, has seen net new business jump by 46% in the third quarter.

Standard Life has warned clients using its Wrap and Fundzone platforms they face a hike in fees if they stay invested in a small range of funds which are not planning to offer clean share classes.

Royal Bank of Scotland today reported a loss of £634m before tax in the third quarter, undershooting estimates by some way, while it also announced plans to create an 'internal' bad bank to run down its book of bad loans.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is writing to clients of advisers who reported a below average opt-in rate for its Arch cru redress scheme - to ask if they believe they had been properly informed.

Schroders head of global and international equities Virginie Maisonneuve is to exit the group to join PIMCO.

The FCA has revealed it is to launch a thematic review into fund managers' use of dealing commission to pay for broker research and corporate access.