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Barclays analysts have labelled Jupiter, Aberdeen and Hargreaves Lansdown as the three UK asset managers to buy, in its latest note on the sector.

Henderson has hired a team of US credit specialists with a view to building out its offshore US product range.

Global markets, including the FTSE, pulled back sharply yesterday from multi-year highs, as political uncertainty in Spain and Italy spooked investors.

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Barclays has announced that Chris Lucas, its group finance director, and Mark Harding, the group general counsel, are to retire from the business.

Capita Registrars has cut its UK dividend growth projection for 2013 from 8% to 6.7%, warning payouts cannot outstrip GDP growth indefinitely.

Germany's AAA credit rating will come under increasing scrutiny this year as investors shift their focus, according to Cosimo Marasciulo, head of government bonds and FX at Pioneer Investments.

Troy Asset Management is to soft-close Francis Brooke's Trojan Income fund in order to protect performance for existing investors.

JO Hambro Capital Management's Alex Savvides has revealed some of his favourite recovery stories over the past year, which he thinks have even further to go.

Henderson's John Bennett has returned to the much-maligned Irish banking sector for the first time in over six years despite warning the position might make investors 'wince'.