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National Australia Bank is in talks with NBNK, the challenger bank run by former Northern Rock's former chief executive Gary Hoffman, over a merger of its UK operations as part of a bid for the 632 branches being sold by Lloyds Banking Group, plus other...

(Updated 2:30pm) Banks are continuing to take the brunt of the latest market sell-off as fresh fears of a European banking crisis emerged on Monday.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched an inflation-linked bond fund investing in European debt, as the group looks to profit from the volatile market conditions across the continent.

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Walker Crips managers back global franchises across portfolios as UK's prospects look increasingly gloomy.

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US markets opened lower today as more weak economic data emerged from the US showing no jobs were created in August.

Maria Merricks examines whether equities or bonds offer the most value...

Fidelity has launched a European Dynamic Value fund, managed by Neil Madden and seeking to identify cheap and disliked stocks with improving fundamentals.

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