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Investors ask whether falling Chinese housing starts could trigger end of commodity super-cycle.

Assets under management at Aberdeen rose by 6% in the first two months of the year as market sentiment improved and investors moved back into equities.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is readying at least one 'mega fine' in the next three months as figures show it raised significantly less than usual in the first quarter of 2012.

Bramdean's Nicola Horlick is launching a fund to raise as much as £2m for film development projects.

MAM Funds has returned to the dividend register for the first time in four years, as it reported a £3.5m rise in cash on its balance sheet during 2011.

Prudential has been forced on the defensive over an e-mail sent to thousands of staff in which a senior executive appears to make a series of disparaging remarks about FSA policies.

British banks do not have enough capital to ensure they surivive if there is another crisis, the Bank of England has said.

Investors snapping up shares in UK-listed companies have never had it so good, with dividends payouts last year hitting an all-time high of £67.8bn.

Investment veteran Jim Rogers is banking on a collapse in the Chinese stock market, so he can snap up cheap shares in the region.

Barclays has launched an investment strategy to give investors exposure to the Vix volatility index.