Equities

Giving manager extra flexibilities

Follows success of UK income fund

Enforced disclosure of OTC trades

Global fund available to retail investors

Believes in rebound in technology spending

Being at the heart of today's smartphone and data usage explosion, it is hard to see how an investment in a European incumbent telecoms company could possibly have gone wrong in the past decade or so.

Fearful of valuation divergence

Filed to cancel register listing

In a market laced with uncertainty and doubt, investors have more than turkey to chew on during the traditional festive period, and the mulled wine offers a welcome tonic after a year of anaemic growth and dashed expectations.

Mining firm to bring debt down to $18bn