Markets

Standard Life Investments has reported a record level of third party AUM as net inflows continue despite the loss of key personnel.

Barclays' pre-tax profits have fallen 26% in Q3 as a drop in trading revenue and its ongoing restructuring programme hit growth.

Shares in oil giant BP shot higher this morning, lifting the wider market, after the group pleased investors by raising its dividend.

Lloyds Bank has reported growing profits for the first nine months of the year as it starts down the path to reprivatisation, but continues to suffer from the impact of ongoing PPI claims.

Former Skandia proposition director Richard Vincent has joined Threadneedle to develop the group's multi-asset proposition.

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The chief executive of taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group is set to be awarded a bonus worth about £2.5m next month as the lender continues its recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.

EQUITIES

Shares in Henderson Global Investors have been cut to a sell by analysts at Shore Capital after a dramatic surge in price this year left them trading well above their historic average.