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Hargreaves Lansdown's legal challenge to HMRC's move to tax platform rebates was the story of most interest to Investment Week's readers this week.

Mining stocks led a drop in the FTSE 100 today as falling commodity prices weighed on shares.

Servicing the fracking boom.

ING IM's strategist Koen Straetmans reviews the commodities market, looking at recent performance and flows in the asset class, and the risks it faces.

Mirabaud Asset Management's global equities manager Anu Narula has outlined his three best themes to plug into global growth and the economic recovery.

Henderson Global Investors' head of multi-asset Bill McQuaker has urged investors not to write off gold despite the recent slump in the price of the precious metal.

George Soros has reportedly made £40m in a day through a short position on the Australian dollar.

BP has reported an uptick in profits in the first quarter, although profits fell 9% compared to Q1 2012 as the group continues to sell off assets to pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.