Investors in all parts of the UK will face increased costs if Scotland votes for independence, Hargreaves Lansdown has warned.

Advisers using FundsNetwork may convert clients to funds' clean share classes en masse from January 2015, the platform has said.

Investors in Charles Stanley saw the value of their shares plummet by more than 10% this morning after the firm issued a profit warning.

The bears are "sharpening their knives" for Japan despite encouraging signs in the longer term, the managers of the Ruffer investment trust have warned.

Bond managers have said the European Central Bank's move to cut rates and start buying asset-backed securities in Europe means it is now unlikely to implement a mainstream QE programme.

Standard Life shareholders are set for a £1.75bn payout after the firm announced the sale of its Canadian business to a subsidiary of Manulife.

Skagen is set to offer the largest institutional investors discounted shares on its Kon-Tiki and Global funds.

There has been forward guidance, backtracking, and a lot of false starts, but as the world's largest economies continue to recover, the question over which developed region will raise rates first looms large.

Standard Life's discretionary service wrap has seen £125m of inflows since it launched in April this year, the group has said.

Wealth manager Mattioli Woods has quadrupled discretionary assets under management to £750m in the year to May 2014.