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The FTSE 250 company, which operates the Transact investment platform for financial advisers and their clients, grew funds ...

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Several pension providers have been using the 30-day cooling-off period to be used for the withdrawal of tax-free lump sums ...

Robin Hardy assesses the attractions of the UK's smaller technology businesses with a market value of around £500mn or less ...

Hargreaves Lansdown is preventing its customers from investing in four investment trusts, including Bill Ackman’s Pershing ...

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Activist investor Saba Capital has cast a pretty long shadow over the investment trust sector as of late. This week saw an ...