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Former Aegon director Charles Garthwaite has been appointed chief executive of fund hosting company Fund Partners.

Barclays has appointed Aviva's John McFarlane to succeed Sir David Walker as chairman in 2015.

Fund boutique Alquity has launched a concentrated emerging market equity fund investing in stocks that meet its responsible investment criteria.

Aegon would establish a new registered life company in England should Scots vote for independence on 18 September.

Investment trust analysts at Winterflood Securities have marked Scottish investment trusts as a buying opportunity should the country vote ‘yes' to independence.

The board of the Schroder UK Growth trust, previously run by Julie Dean, is planning to review alternative managers for the trust in the next few weeks following the manager's departure.

The Brazilian government's economic policies have been a particular bugbear for investors, who have turned their back on the country in recent months, but a number are now increasing their exposure in the expectation there may be a rally if the voters...

Almost 9,500 income drawdown contracts were written in the second quarter of the year, with the mean pot size dropping to just over £50,000, latest figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) show.

Fidelity Worldwide Investment has overhauled the remit of Peter Khan and Ian Spreadbury's Global High Yield fund in order to diversify away from the US and increase exposure to emerging markets.

Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, has given the 'yes' vote on Scottish independence a boost after claiming the country can make a great success of going it alone.