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Ensuring direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms do not stray into advice has become an "obsession" that is ultimately stunting innovation, a report has concluded.

Share prices are rising faster than corporate earnings to create a "potent cocktail" that could lead to disappointment in equity markets, according to Ruffer.

Barclays Stockbrokers has cut the charge on its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) just weeks after revealing its clean pricing structure.

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Peter Mann is to retire from Old Mutual Wealth in the middle of 2014.

Activist investor Edward Bramson has added to his stake in Electra for the second time in a week, making a 10% profit in the process.

Direct platforms - all the rage since the start of the year - need not be seen as the enemy by advisers

Platforms attempting to dodge the cash rebate ban by paying consumers units in a cash fund would be acting in an 'incredibly foolish' manner and going against the spirit of the rules, Fidelity has warned.

Jeremy Tigue is to step down from the £2.4bn Foreign & Colonial trust as he prepares to retire at the end of the year.

Invesco Perpetual is launching a new discounted share class for five of the UK's largest platforms, offering their users cheaper access to its fund range, Investment Week can reveal.