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Former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson has called for George Osborne to fully nationalise RBS and criticised the bank's so-called "star" traders.

Germany's AAA credit rating will come under increasing scrutiny this year as investors shift their focus, according to Cosimo Marasciulo, head of government bonds and FX at Pioneer Investments.

Troy Asset Management is to soft-close Francis Brooke's Trojan Income fund in order to protect performance for existing investors.

JO Hambro Capital Management's Alex Savvides has revealed some of his favourite recovery stories over the past year, which he thinks have even further to go.

Henderson's John Bennett has returned to the much-maligned Irish banking sector for the first time in over six years despite warning the position might make investors 'wince'.

BT provided an extra boost to a number of popular income portfolios today after its latest jump in profitability sent shares in the group to the top of the FTSE 100 leaderboard.

The platform industry will struggle to ever break even as a whole, according to research into firms' financial stability.

The FTSE 100 rose 6.43% or 379.07 points in January, making this the strongest start to a year since 1989.

Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, has compared the US economy to a supernova on the path to extinction as it has become too reliant on credit and real growth is being eroded.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will conduct a review into the £800bn unit-linked fund sector.