Transact has said it will halve both its buy commission and dealing charges from 1 March.

Calls to the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) whistleblower hotline to report malpractice are continuing to rise, according to figures obtained by investigations firm Kroll.

Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) is increasing the annual administration fee for the platform by up to £35 from the start of February.

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Peter Hargreaves has donated close to £1m in company shares to charity.

Next year will bring the realisation that super clean is not so super, predicts Fidelity FundsNetwork, with rebates trumping super clean share classes.

Brewin Dolphin is cutting investment services for clients with portfolios valued at under £50,000 due to unsustainable costs.

Skandia head of wealth planning Colin Jelley has left the firm after ten months in the role.

The European Commission has collectively fined six international financial institutions €1.7bn (£1.4bn) for their involvement in the manipulation of benchmark rates.

A number of asset managers stand to double their market share if they are prepared to be aggressive on super clean pricing, according to research from Barclays.

Skandia's director of investments James Millard is to exit the business at the end of the year after the group opted to hand the running of its managed portfolio service to Old Mutual Global Investors.