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Brewins to move to Grade A office for Edinburgh expansion
The firm will relocate its Scottish headquarters to Atria Edinburgh, the city's landmark Grade A office development, and consolidate three divisions as it looks to broaden its reach north of the border.
Hargreaves Lansdown breaks more records
Brokers see strong long-term buy signals at Hargreaves, although today's record numbers from the Bristol-based wealth manager failed to draw investors to its stock.
Icap suspends employee in Libor probe
Icap has suspended one employee and placed two others on administrative leave in the past six weeks as part of a global probe into the interdealing broker market, according to the Financial Times.
Walker Crips hires ex BNP Paribas UK wealth man Rushton
The private client stockbroker has hired former BNP Paribas UK wealth management man Mark Rushton to spearhead the growth of its private client business.
Ruffer: index linkers remain the cornerstone of our strategy
The Ruffer team still believe index linked bond are dangerous not to own despite the risk asset rally and describe the Fed’s commitment to keep interest rates on hold until 2014 as a ‘moral hazard’.
UK's top fund team lift Brooks Macdonald stake above 8%
The managers of the UK All Companies' top performing fund in 2011, Liontrust's Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh, have lifted their stake in Brooks Macdonald to above the 8% mark.
'Man from the Pru' relaunches and targets 200,000 clients
Life company Prudential has relaunched its direct sales team, previously known for its ‘Man from the Pru’, with plans to target 200,000 clients.
Cumming and Buxton to vote against Glencore/Xstrata deal
(Update) Glencore and Xstrata have agreed a $90 billion all-share merger but Standard Life Investments' David Cumming and Schroders' Richard Buxton plan to vote against it.
Forecast-beating BP delights dividend hunters
Patience has proved to be a virture for BP shareholders with the oil giant raising its dividend for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the back of bumper profits.
Newton Real Return on why gilts are a bigger risk than equities
Suzanne Hutchins, who co-manager on the Citywire Selection fund with Iain Stewart, explains why she believes holding gilts represent a bigger risk than equities.
Aussie firm sells 14 million Henderson shares
Australian-based JCP Investment Partners has sold a little more than 14 million shares in the fund group ahead of its full-year numbers later this month.
Why Chris Burvill is feeling a little more optimistic
Henderson Cautious Managed fund manager Chris Burvill explains why he is feeling a little bit more optimistic about life this year.
The Fat Prophets' 10 predictions for 2012
An election victory for Obama, a continuation of the resources boom and flatlining in the UK property market are among this year's predictions from the Fat Prophets.
Short-sellers flock to LinkedIn and Groupon
All the hype surrounding Facebook's flotation has not stopped the bears lifting their shorts on fellow high profile internet names LinkedIn and Groupon to unprecedented levels.
Walker Crips plunges 15% on profit alert
Shares in the private client stockbroker are coming under intense pressure after the group underlined the tough conditions in the financial services sector.
15 Brewin Dolphin staff pour 500k into advisory arm
Around 15 Brewin Dolphin staff have collectively ploughed £500,000 into the firm's advisory and broking business, which began life with Spain's N+1 investment bank.
Four admit to London Stock Exchange bomb plot
Four men motivated by al-Qaeda have admitted they planned to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
Standard Life wins court battle on Sterling fund losses
The firm has won the battle after suing 11 professional indemnity insurers, arguing their policies should have covered the losses it incurred on asset-backed securities held by its Sterling fund.
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