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Greenpeace International has apologised to supporters after losing €3.8m through "ill-judged" attempts to play the currency markets.

Novia's profits rose sharply last year after the group received a boost from the sale of its Novia Investment Services arm to Aegon.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Credit Suisse International (CSI) £2.4m and Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) more than £1.4m for failings related to the promotion of a structured product which attracted almost £800m worth of investment....

ING's emerging markets hard currency debt team has increased its exposure to troubled former Soviet state Ukraine following the stand-off in Eastern Europe.

Thousands more families will be required to pay inheritance tax (IHT) this year as an improving economy and rising house prices pull them above the threshold, according to figures.

36 South, the hedge fund whose ‘Black Swan' vehicle returned 200% in 2008, plans to launch a UCITS version of its long-volatility structure for investors concerned with the current market environment.

Brooks Macdonald is planning a ‘substantial' fee cut for its discretionary fund management service, which could see its headline charge fall by up to 30%.

Investors are moving back towards safe haven assets such as gold as ongoing violence in Iraq hits markets.

David Jane, founder of Darwin Investment Managers, is planning to diversify the Miton multi-asset funds and utilise excess cash to improve on recent poor returns.

Housebuilder stocks have fallen and the pound is nearing 1.70 against the dollar as investors react to Mark Carney's change of tack on interest rates and new measures that may curb mortgage borrowing.