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Fund managers are backing miners as a key income play this year, predicting the largest names in the sector will ramp up their dividend payouts after a poor first quarter.

Artemis is seeking to launch five US equity funds for Cormac Weldon and his ex-Threadneedle colleagues as members of the team begin work in their new roles.

Leon Howard-Spink is to hand over his £1bn European Alpha Plus fund next month to focus on running pan-European portfolios, Investment Week can reveal.

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Nathan Sweeney, senior investment manager at Architas, says the UK recovery is gaining traction, although several global threats remain.

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The "brutal" sell-off which has hit emerging markets for six since the start of the year is now at an end, Aberdeen CEO Martin Gilbert has said, with outflows from the group's fund range slowing.

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