Neil Woodford, one of the UK's most highly regarded fund managers, is to give his views on the UK economy and stock market as he addresses investors in a conference call later this morning.

Aberdeen's multi-manager team has restructured its £95m Constellation fund into a portfolio of 20 equally-weighted best ideas, in a bid to differentiate it from the range's £66m Equity Managed fund.

Walker Crips managers Steve Bailey and Jan Luthman have re-introduced Barclays to their portfolios for the first time in nearly four years.

Ignis has revamped its Emerging Markets fund to allow the manager to take whole country bets rather than single stock positions.

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Henderson shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the acquisition of Gartmore, with 99.97% giving the go-ahead.

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Insynergy is to add an emerging markets equity income fund to its product range, aiming to offer exposure to a range of alternative dividend payers.

Ignis has restructured its American Growth portfolio into a best ideas fund in an effort to boost performance and differentiate it from US tracker funds.

AIG is aiming to reduce its obligation to the US government by offering to buy a $15.7bn (£9.72bn) portfolio of mortgage-backed securities from the Fed.