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Economics
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.
20 March 2015
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Emerging markets
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.
20 March 2015
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Wealth managers
Two ex-directors of failed adviser TailorMade Independent (TMI) - the main distributor of £400m troubled unregulated property scheme Harlequin - have been banned and fined by the regulator for not assessing the suitability of clients' investments made...
20 March 2015
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3 min read
Economics
Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to sell its shareholding in TSB to Spanish bank Sabadell, in a deal which will value the bank at £1.7bn.
20 March 2015
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Commodities
BlackRock's Catherine Raw, co-manager of the group's World Mining trust, is to exit the business next month.
20 March 2015
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Economics
Sterling slumped against the US dollar after the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane said the UK has an equal chance of seeing a rate cut as a rate hike, contrary to consensus expectations.
20 March 2015
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Wealth managers
A former trader has become the third person to be sentenced in what marked the end of the first phase of the regulator's "largest and most complex insider dealing investigation" to date.
20 March 2015
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2 min read
Managed funds
Investec Asset Management's John Stopford has begun hedging US equity exposure in his Diversified Income fund, despite this part of the portfolio being the most significant contributor to performance last year.
19 March 2015
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