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Royal Mail reported a significant jump in profits this morning thanks to a number of one-off gains, as it posted its first set of results since listing.

Royal Mail shareholders have been richly rewarded so far, with gains of more than 60% on their investment. But is the game up for now, or should investors hang on to shares ahead of the group's results?

RBS, the taxpayer-owned bank, has been accused of killing off small businesses to seize assets for its own property empire, in evidence referred to financial watchdogs by business secretary Vince Cable, according to reports.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment's Anthony Bolton has revealed the three pillars of a stock-picking process which helped him become one of the most successful fund managers the country has ever seen.

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Last month, quarterly retail fund sales reached a peak not seen since 2011, according to the latest figures released by the Investment Management Association (IMA).

Shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland have slumped in morning trading after Chancellor George Osborne said a break-up of the semi state-owned lender could take place "within weeks".

Equities were the best-selling asset class in August for the fifth month in a row, with over £1bn in inflows, according to the latest Investment Management Association (IMA) statistics.

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