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The regulator has encouraged people to seek independent financial advice if approached about investing their pension, as it warned of a rise in potential scams ahead of April's pensions freedoms.

Fund managers have backed Italian banks to continue driving European equities higher this year, aided by a more supportive macro backdrop and beneficial domestic reforms.

Investors fear the US equity market may be the next victim of a soaring US dollar, as the strengthening currency begins to trigger fresh turmoil in emerging markets.

Episode 3: Budget 2015 Special

Joseph Molloy, global head of index equities at Legal & General Investment Management, has joined HSBC Global Asset Management as head of passive equity.

The majority of investment trusts have seen their discounts widen in 2015 despite equity markets reaching record highs, leaving analysts perplexed.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to be heavily criticised over its decision to leak details of an upcoming insurance probe to a national newspaper, inadvertently causing shares in several major life companies to plummet, according to reports....

Global fund managers have warned corporate bonds are the most overvalued they have ever been and are at risk of a sell-off, while liquidity conditions are getting worse.

The FTSE 100 has moved above 7,000 for the first time in its history this afternoon, as a strong open on Wall Street helped the UK's blue chip index finally reach the landmark figure.

Terry Smith, manager of the Fundsmith Emerging Equities trust, has said he expects global growth to accelerate following the fall in the price of crude oil.