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Our new Theresa May-led Conservative government seems to be engaged in a classic example of kitchen sink revisionism, steadily ditching a whole series of commitments made by its predecessor.

The FCA's latest review is on so-called Retirement Outcomes, which is designed to see how the retirement income market is developing on the back of pension freedoms.

Now the immediate fallout from the Brexit vote is behind us, the investment industry is beginning to think about the longer-term impact of the UK's decision to leave the EU.

So much for the old adage that investors should 'sell in May and go away'. Markets seem to be in an almost euphoric mood, having survived a near brush with death over Brexit.

Follows post-Brexit flight to quality

Follows sales team expansion

Industry reaction following rate cut

Guy Wilkes, financial services regulatory and enforcement partner at global law firm Mayer Brown, explores the notion of conduct risk and if concentrated funds face different challenges from those of more diverse funds.

Mergers and acquisitions among wealth management firms, especially those with less than £5bn in AUM, are set to increase and could even beat the record number of transactions witnessed in 2015, as a tougher regulatory backdrop and Brexit uncertainty exert...

Investment grade corporate bonds and gilts popular