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Fidelity's Anthony Bolton is headlining our Senate Autumn Investment Conference next week and we have a few places left for wealth managers wanting to hear from one of the world's leading investors.

The final set of recommendations from the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) has provoked a mixed response from commentators, with some warning the cost of the move could drive up risk taking by the banks, while others welcome the 'safety measures'...

Banks led markets sharply lower in early trading but their shares have now stabilised as markets digest the long-awaited Independent Commission on Banking report.

The final report from the Independent Commission on Banking has recommended UK banks' retail and wholesale arms be split off, and said the 7% capital buffers required under Basel III do not go far enough.

HSBC Asset Management's emerging market debt specialists Guillermo Osses, and Nathan Chaudoin discuss this diverse and rapidly growing marketplace.

The Independent Commission on Banking (ICB)'s plans to ring-fence will have a very limited impact on the UK's economic output, according to Ernst & Young.

Analysts are underestimating the extent of the problems facing the banking sector, in a scenario reminiscent of the collapse of Lehmans, said Colin McLean, managing director of SVM.

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THE BEST OF THE BRICs

Banks added to market woes last week with the UK's major players reporting a raft of losses prompted by PPI claims and the European debt crisis.