Newham picks JPMAM

A CONSERVATIVE government could scrap stamp duty on shares, shadow chancellor George Osborne has announced.

Nearly two thirds (64pc) of UK workers support the idea of automatic enrolment for individuals into pension schemes, research shows.

ALMOST two thirds of independent financial advisers have reported a boom in self-invested personal pension sales since A-Day, research from Alliance Trust shows.

GREECE - Flights were grounded and hospitals run on skeleton staff yesterday as Greek workers took strike action in the latest twist in the bond overpricing scandal.

CANADA/CHILE - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) looks set to control 20% of Chile's water provision and wastewater industry as it acquires major shareholder interest in two companies.

SHAREHOLDERS in Putnam Investments have approved the sale of the asset manager to Great West Lifeco.

LGPA currency move

TRUSTEE demands that the private equity alliance bidding for Alliance Boots should inject £1bn into the firm's pension scheme have been rejected.

HEDGE fund performance continued to lag global equity returns in April, preliminary data reveals.