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Five key announcements advisers can expect from George Osborne

Ian Lowes, founder of StructuredProductReview.com, argues the defined returns of structured products mean investors know exactly how a product will perform in different market scenarios.

Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins is to leave the bank as the board of directors calls for a change in leadership with a "new set of skills".

The Greek government has been given a final chance to avoid default and an exit from the euro as eurozone creditors have urged new finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos to present new proposals.

The FTSE 100 has fallen again on news of Greek voters' decisive referendum rejection of creditors' demands - but the resignation of Athens' finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has helped stem losses.

How to play the winners and avoid the losers

An overheated exchange

Shares in RBS fell by over 2% this morning as it emerged the bank could be hit by a $13bn bill relating to the way it dealt in mortgage bonds before the credit crisis, a US court has warned.

BP shares have jumped after the oil giant agreed to pay $18.7bn worth of federal and state claims, to be spread over 18 years, for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.