The holidays are almost over. Children are getting ready for school and, public transport is getting crowded again, and most of us are preparing to get our heads back down to work for the four-month slog up to the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Hargreaves Lansdown, a UK-listed financial adviser to affluent individuals, boosted its operating profit margins from 41% to an extraordinary 48% in the year to June.
Aberdeen Asset Managers has lost its London-based head of interest rates and four members of his team to Brevan Howard, now Europe's largest hedge fund in terms of assets under management.