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The launch of a new fund research service from City Financial has sparked a debate over the future expansion of the sector in the face of changing demands from advisers.

River and Mercantile has hired former Cazenove director of investment funds Robin Minter-Kemp as a non-executive director.

The number of billionaires living in the UK has passed 100 for the first time, the 2014 Sunday Times Rich List has revealed.

Former HSBC global fixed income head Guy Dunham has been appointed head of global and aggregate at Barings.

The F&C brand may be scrapped following the fund group's takeover by Canada's Bank of Montreal, according to reports.

Neil Woodford has told Investment Week a "fragile" UK economic recovery could yet mean base rates stay at a record low for the next three years.

Thesis Asset Management's head of model portfolio service (MPS) Edward Fane is set to leave for research company Morningstar in June.

City Financial's acquisition of Iveagh has been dealt a blow after chief investment officer Chris Wyllie backtracked on joining the firm.

Prominent economists have added to calls for the government to pull back from the mortgage guarantee element of its Help to Buy initiative, arguing it is no longer needed.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering ways it can make it clearer to consumers when they are buying products on a non-advised basis online, as more web-based advice solutions are developed.