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Henderson Global Investors' £12.7bn property business has appointed Tony He as director of property for its Chinese consultancy.

St James's Place stock has fallen 10% in today's trading after majority shareholder Lloyds Banking Group placed 77m shares into the market.

A spike in Japanese government bond volatility has raised concerns that the unintended consequences of new policy measures could further derail the equity market rally.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined J.P. Morgan International Bank Limited (JPMIB) £3,076,200 after identifying a series of failings within its wealth management business.

Threadneedle's head of UK smaller companies Dan Vaughan has taken an "extended sabbatical" from the group for the foreseeable future.

The FTSE 100's long-running rally has been brought to a dramatic close this morning, with the index shedding 133 points in early trading as fears over an end to the US quantitative easing programme spook investors.

Psigma has dodged today's Japanese equity sell-off after the firm's CIO Tom Becket told its investment managers to reduce exposure earlier this week amid fears a pullback was imminent.

The Office for National Statistics' second estimate of Q1 GDP has left the reading unrevised at 0.3%, but hopes are growing of a more positive Q2 figure.

Households and businesses should be told borrowing costs will remain at rock-bottom levels until the economy is motoring again, the International Monetary Fund has said.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index has closed down 7.3% as comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke over a potential scaling back of quantitative easing spooked investors worldwide.