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Weaker than expected economic data from China has caused a sell-off in risk assets, especially commodities.

UK equity manager James Clunie has left his role at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to join Jupiter Asset Management.

Barclays has been named as the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) most complained about firm for the second half of last year.

The European deleveraging process is five years behind that seen in the US and may obstruct a further rise in equity markets, according to Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford.

Gold's slide into a bear market has accelerated this morning as prices fell a further 5% to a two-year low of under $1,400.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan is embroiled in a legal battle to track down his millions which were stashed in a Swiss bank account by his former tax adviser.

Former top drugs adviser to the government David Nutt has made a controversial claim that the financial crisis was caused by bankers' habitual use of cocaine, the Telegraph reports.

Artemis Investment Management has waived initial charges across its fund range, which includes high profile vehicles such as Adrian Frost and Adrian Gosden's £620m Artemis High Income fund.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to release a gloomier picture of the world economy this week, trimming its forecast for global growth this year by 0.1%.

A former HBOS banker who signed off the firm's financial accounts in years leading up to its collapse collected £143,000 last year from life company consolidation vehicle Resolution.