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Barclays' wealth arm is being challenged to show its post-RDR proposals have been given the go-ahead by the FSA, Investment Week understands.

It is no secret it has been a challenging few years for fundraising in the investment company sector, not surprising considering the global economic backdrop.

Baronsmead has launched a top-up scheme with the aim of raising £30m across its five-strong range of VCTs.

Santander multi-managers Tom Caddick (pictured) and Toby Vaughan have invested in a UK equity income fund using their UK equity weighting for the first time.

Execution-only (EO) businesses such as Hargreaves Lansdown have achieved much higher profit growth over the past five years than peers solely operating in the wealth management and private bank space, a study has revealed.

Today's censure of Capita Financial Managers (CFM) by the FSA is a damning indictment of the firm's failings - and a vindication of advisers' pleas.

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I realise it is a bit unfair to pick on the bullied kid in the playground, but it is hard not to wonder whether the ‘alternative investment' space has lost the plot. Of course, it was not supposed to be like this. The hedge fund industry - with some notable...

Demand for gold coins and bars has fallen by a third, year on year, from a record high in 2011, according to the World Gold Council.