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Hargreaves Lansdown is topping the FTSE 100 leaderboard for a second consecutive day of trading as the index starts the week in the black.

The 'elitist' Retail Distribution Review (RDR) should be delayed to avoid the destruction of the financial advice industry, according to Lord Flight.

Allianz Global Investors has added German equity and European fixed income funds to its Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV range.

Former Hargreaves Lansdown investment manager Ben Yearsley has joined Charles Stanley to help spearhead the group's new direct-to-client investment service.

Polar Capital is set to launch a highly concentrated Japan Alpha product for ex-Schroders manager Gerard Cawley.

Virgin Money is poised to bid for 316 branches Royal Bank of Scotland branches, after a deal with Santander collapsed.

Direct-to-consumer platform giant Hargreaves Lansdown has called in external consultants to review its proposition and assess what technology could be added in future to enhance the service.

L&G Investments is set to merge four funds it formerly managed for Barclays Wealth and Investment Management into existing in-house portfolios.

With equity markets more volatile than ever, and safe havens around the world looking vulnerable to a correction, investors have more things than ever to fret over as they try to steer portfolios through the turmoil.

Mark Pignatelli, manager of the Smith & Williamson European Growth trust, has predicted European bank shares will rise 70% over the next two and a half years as the European economic cycle reaches its trough.