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Customers of D2C platform Hargreaves Lansdown are likely to get lower prices if they transact business online.

RBS has seen shares fall 5% today after Chancellor George Osborne revealed a decision on its future is due in weeks, but is it a buying opportunity for investors or the right time to cash in?

The FCA has temporarily suspended 11 of Co-op Bank's bonds on the request of the company, pending an announcement of a rescue plan by parent company Co-op Group.

Guinness Asset Management has appointed Malcolm King as investment manager on the Guinness EIS team.

Investment company purchases on platforms by advisers and wealth managers are up 53% in the first six months of 2013 against the same period last year, research by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) shows.

Jupiter has promoted Dan Carter to run its $148m Jupiter Japan Select SICAV, with Simon Somerville stepping back to become deputy manager.

Shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland have slumped in morning trading after Chancellor George Osborne said a break-up of the semi state-owned lender could take place "within weeks".

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) is to acquire RBS' range of money market funds.

Mark Barnett's Invesco Perpetual UK Strategic Income fund is among a handful of UK equity income vehicles to have displayed a lower maximum drawdown than Neil Woodford's portfolios over the past five years.

Kames Capital has launched a closed-ended version of its Active Value Property fund for Helen Batten.