How to invest in shares: Your complete guide to joining the excitement of the stock market By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday and Simon Lambert Published: 22:32 GMT, 11 January 2014 | Updated: 13:15 GMT, 4 October 2015 e-mail 7 shares 27 View comments   Investing in the stock …

Shares of Longfin plunged for a second straight day after FTSE Russell said it would remove the stock of the small, cryptocurrency play from the benchmark Russell indexes.

Britain’s biggest banks axed or scaled back investment services following a clean-up of the financial industry that banned cosy backdoor commission deals four years ago. But now most banks are bringing back or expanding investment options for customers under the simpler, more transparent regime that has operated following the overhaul. …