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Henderson European equities director John Bennett has joined the board of beleaguered Scottish football club Rangers.

FATCA is tip of the iceberg for wealth firms

Close Brothers has reported a strong first half of its financial year 2014/15 despite a more challenging environment for its Winterflood business.

M&G has reported a fifth consecutive year of record profits despite net outflows for its UK business increasing to £1.7bn in 2014.

Baring Asset Management has promoted Rod Aldridge to head of wholesale distribution for EMEA following the departure of Oliver Morath.

Neil Woodford has introduced a currency hedge on his Woodford Equity Income fund for the first time in the belief the European Central Bank's QE programme may prompt further euro weakness.

The FTSE 100 has fallen back below the 6,900 mark after a stronger than expected US jobs report on Friday caused investors to fret once again about the prospect of a US rate hike this year.

US jobs growth accelerated again in February as the country added 295,000 new roles, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Standard Life Investments' Global Equity Income fund manager Kevin Troup tells Laura Dew why his Hong Kong listed holdings are slow-burners and explains his decision to buy a Nokia bond, rather than its equity.

Aviva has said it expects its acquisition of rival Friends Life to generate extra revenue of £600m over the next two years, including and cost savings for the company of £225m.