The manager of the best performing fund over the last decade has revealed some of the stock picks which fuelled the 868% return it produced over that timeframe.

The FTSE 100 opened almost 10 points lower this morning, pushing it under 6,190 points, after disappointing trading sessions across the globe overnight.

Invesco Perpetual has hired David Bower as head of marketing for the EMEA region, after Rick White's marketing role was made redundant in November.

The FTSE 100 looks set to break the 6,200 level, the first time since May 2008, continuing the rally that has propelled markets since the beginning of the year.

Barclays is at the centre of further scandal after a senior executive quit following revelations he shredded a report which said part of the bank was "out of control".

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Japanese markets have jumped almost 5% in the first three weeks of the year - almost unheard of for the region - in anticipation of a reversal of the decade and half long slump into deflation.

Invesco Perpetual has announced Mark Armour will take over as CEO at the end of this year, following the retirement of James Robertson.

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After a strong run in equity markets, with the FTSE soaring through 6,100 in the first month of 2013, could history repeat itself via a pullback or even a full-blown correction in the spring months?