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The number of firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to soar next year after the regulator assumes responsibility for supervising consumer credit activities.

A year hyped as the start of a great rotation from bonds into equities actually saw more of a trickle out of fixed income, but it was not plain sailing for bond funds.

All bets are off on when the Federal Reserve may begin tapering, and investors should therefore prepare themselves for a taper as early as this week, said M&G's Anthony Doyle.

Next year will bring the realisation that super clean is not so super, predicts Fidelity FundsNetwork, with rebates trumping super clean share classes.

Four men have been banned from working in financial services over their ‘disgraceful' behaviour in relation to occupation pensions which saw them net £4m in unnecessary commission.

Neil Woodford's £1.4bn Edinburgh IT is again trading on a premium to NAV as appetite for the trust returns despite his forthcoming exit from Invesco Perpetual.

Saxo Bank has published a list of ten 'outrageous predictions' which could play out in 2014 and impact global investment markets.

The UK's headline inflation rate has fallen to its lowest level in four years after edging down to 2.1% in November.

Since the news Neil Woodford is leaving Invesco Perpetual next year, investors have been prompted to review their asset allocation in the equity income space.

GLG has soft-closed its Market Neutral fund managed by Steve Roth after inflows took the strategy beyond $1bn (£610m) in size.