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Bestinvest has awarded a three-star rating to competitor Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF after recommending a switch away from iShares' S&P offering.

Fund buyers have cautioned on investing in the UK's buoyant property market, amid fears the sector may be overheating.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined ICAP Europe Limited (IEL) £14m for misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has reportedly accused Labour leader Ed Miliband of "economic vandalism" over his plans for a price cap on energy bills.

Schroders has appointed Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) risk analyst Craig Botham to its global economics team.

Asset managers must seize the opportunity to flourish post-RDR as they implement new pricing structures, according to Artemis' new head of retail Richard Pursglove.

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has written to the regulator to ask for a period of regulatory certainty to allow advisory firms to adapt fully to the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched enforcement action against at least one small firm for failing to handle payment protection insurance (PPI) claims properly, after it found "serious problems" at two thirds of the firms it reviewed.

Harwood Multi Manager has revealed the ten most and least volatile funds in the IMA Global Sector over the past 12 months, amid renewed investor interest in the sector.

Standard Life has so far only managed to secure super clean share classes from 11 of the 15 fund groups it originally said it had agreed terms with, Investment Week understands.