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The FTSE Small Cap index has risen sharply for ten consecutive months, but is there still value in the UK small cap space or should investors take profits and look elsewhere?

Skandia is to add clean share classes to its platform following HM Revenue & Customs' decision that rebates to customers are taxable.

Gold and resources funds continued to struggle in the first quarter of 2013, as investors remained in risk-on mode and opted for equities over safe havens such as the precious metal.

Global equity markets across the board have posted a strong start to the year, but there have been some clear winners in a quarter which saw many markets rise to multi-year or record highs.

The Banking Standards Commission has asked the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to consider if three former HBOS bankers should be barred from future roles in the financial sector.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has named Simon Crinage as the new head of its investment trust business, following the departure of David Barron earlier this year.

Transact has criticised fund managers for failing to allow advisers to move large holdings from bundled to clean share classes.

Standard Life's wrap platform is to scrap rebates on new and existing business and move to a clean share class only model by the start of the 2014/15 tax year, Investment Week can reveal.

The Tax Incentivised Savings Association (Tisa) is to launch a consultation later this month to look into how to convert bundled share classes held on one platform into clean share classes on another platform when a client re-registers.

Hargreaves Lansdown has thrown its weight behind an Investment Management Association (IMA) initiative urging groups to display total fund costs in a simpler, clearer manner.