There was really only one story grabbing the headlines in the retail financial services world this week - the surprise exit of the most famous investor in the UK, Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed that Barclays bank was the most complained firm in the first half of the year.
Barclays is to stop offering a full-scale wealth management service to clients with between £100,000 and £500,000, as part of a scaling back of its global wealth division.
The five major UK banks all recorded a profit in the first half of the year for the first time since 2010, a report has found.
Popular stories among our readers this week focused on asset allocation, as investors look for ideas on where the best income opportunities will be in years to come.
Barclays shares have dropped by more than 7% after it announced a £5.8bn rights issue to shore up its capital position.
Concerns over an expected capital raising at Barclays have pushed the stock down over 3% in the opening hours of this week's FTSE 100 trading.