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Former Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) Mark Benbow has joined Kames Capital as an investment analyst in its high yield bond team.

HMRC investigations have yielded a record £136m in extra capital gains tax (CGT) collected from individuals and small businesses in the last year, according to an accountancy firm.

Standard Life Investments' Louise Kay is to join Aviva Investors as global head of sales, as Euan Munro poaches another former SLI colleague.

Fund buyers and investors face a challenging 2015 as they weigh up how to diversify in the face of crowded trades and elevated valuations, market commentators have suggested.

Winterflood chief executive Julian Palfreyman is to retire from the company at the end of July after 27 years of service.

Former Wealth Management Association (WMA) chief executive Tim May has joined Investec Wealth & Investment as a non-executive director.

Zurich UK Life is to boost its investment proposition for advisers with the launch of an authorised corporate director (ACD) service, which will allow it to launch own-branded funds managed by a number of external partners.

Threadneedle is planning to launch an OEIC version of Jim Cielinski's $315m Global Opportunities Bond fund later this year, in response to demand from clients.

Threadneedle has rebranded as Columbia Threadneedle Investments after completing a formal tie-up with its US sister company.

An unauthorised forex trader has been found guilty of fraud in a case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).