Barclays

Barclays has been forced to issue confirmation of its pre-tax profits for 2013 a day ahead of its results after they were leaked in a diary column.

Hargreaves Lansdown has topped the Platforum's first list of Britain's best D2C platforms despite charging a higher price than many competitors.

Barclays plans to cut hundreds of jobs in its investment banking division as part of a restructure, according to reports.

Barclays Stockbrokers has revealed its clean pricing structure, introducing an AMC of 0.35% as it becomes the latest platform to undercut Hargreaves Lansdown's headline charges.

ALTERNATIVES

Wealth managers are positioning clients' portfolios cautiously this quarter amid expectations of a setback for equity markets, despite growing appetite for risk among investors.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will today outline plans to break up the largest UK banks, ending the dominance of the 'big four'.

Three former Rabobank traders have been charged in the US with manipulating the yen LIBOR benchmark interest rate since 2006.

Banks' redress payments to customers embroiled in the interest rate swap mis-selling scandal surged to £158.6m in December, putting most banks on track to reach their projected review goals.

Former Barclays UK private banking head David Semaya is to join Nikko Asset Management, as CEO Charles Beazley steps down for family reasons.