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Nearly 50% of the UK's adviser community wants platforms to carry out bulk switches to clean share classes for their clients, research from FundsNetwork has discovered.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) should hold off on raising interest rates even though its stated threshold for doing so - a fall in the unemployment rate to 7% - is in sight, according to a report.

The Chinese economy grew by 7.7% in 2013, the latest figures from the country have revealed, its slowest rate for 14 years.

One story dominated the headlines this week as Hargreaves Lansdown revealed its new pricing structure, but an insider dealing investigation and some fund tips for 2014 also enthralled readers.

Shares in oil giant Royal Dutch Shell have dragged on the FTSE 100 today, after the company issued a profits warning for Q4 this morning.

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has issued a profits warning for Q4, pointing to higher production costs and lower volumes.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will today outline plans to break up the largest UK banks, ending the dominance of the 'big four'.

Labour will refer high street banks to the competition authorities if it is elected in 2015, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is expected to say in a speech on Friday.

Aberdeen Asset Management this morning reported it had seen AUM drop 3% as outflows continued from its equity funds and inflows dropped back sharply, following its move to cap Devan Kaloo's emerging markets fund.

Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown fell at the open this morning as investors digested news of the group's pricing overhaul which sees them charge clients a platform fee directly for the first time.