Equities

Aviva Investors has hired Simon Young from BlackRock as a UK equities fund manager.

Standard Life Investments has launched its fourth emerging market debt fund for Richard House and Kieran Curtis.

Former F&C Thames River managers Kristof Bulkai, Patrick Cadell and Hugo Rogers are to join Liontrust Asset Management to run global portfolios.

Reade Griffith, the hedge fund manager who built sizeable stakes in Ashcourt Rowan and WH Ireland last year, has upped his stake in Liontrust Asset Management to 10%.

Headline dividends more than halved in the first quarter of 2015, according to Capita, although it has revised up its annual forecast.

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Significant restructuring in the economy needs to be seen, as society ages and the government faces the political realities of rebalancing growth across society, according to Samir Mehta, manager of the JOHCM Asia ex Japan fund

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Central banks may resort to 'helicopter drop' measures to stave off the threat of deflation, according to Investec's Alastair Mundy.

Fund administration firm Maitland has boosted its assets under administration from £6.2bn to £140bn by acquiring UK business Phoenix Fund Services.