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Former Aviva chief executive Keith Jones has joined the board of Smith & Williamson as a non-executive director.

Discretionary investment firm Fulcrum has hired former Carmignac and LVAM retail sales head Matthew Wright as a director in its sales and marketing team.

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Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) UK Equity Income manager Richard Black is to leave the group after seven years at the company.

Aberdeen Asset Management is at the bottom of today's FTSE 100 leaderboard after shares slumped more than 7% following a disappointing trading update

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has for the first time distinguished between advice and guidance in the way it records complaints, in new rules out today.

Liontrust has agreed a three-year deal with Oxford United football club which will see it become the main sponsor of the League Two side.

Alliance Trust has promised to announce "changes" to business in the autumn, as it reported deteriorating performance for the first half of 2015.

Aberdeen Asset Management has been hit with fresh outflows of £9.9bn in the three months to the end of June, as investors continued to reduce exposure to Asia and emerging market equities.

Credit Suisse's new chief executive Tidjane Thiam has suggested the bank is considering acquiring smaller asset managers.