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Standard Life Investments' Ed Legget is to join Artemis ahead of the planned retirement of the group's Tim Steer, Investment Week can reveal.

Standard Life Investments' UK equity manager Ed Legget is to leave the firm, Investment Week can reveal.

River & Mercantile Asset Management is soft closing Philip Rodrigs' UK Equity Smaller Companies fund following strong inflows during the past year.

UK equity income managers have been utilising more of their overseas investment budgets as they struggle to find suitable opportunities in the UK.

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Investors should be turning their attention to small-cap stocks, instead of their larger counterparts, to play the export-led recovery in Europe, according to S.W. Mitchell Capital's Jamie Carter.

Troy Trojan Income manager Francis Brooke has been reducing his fund's position in utilities to protect against the threat of rising bond yields.

"Bond tourists" investing in dividend-paying stocks are causing concern for UK equity income managers, who predict increased volatility as debt starts to sell off.

Neil Woodford has made a new investment in AJ Bell via a fundraising round which ensures the Invesco Perpetual-backed platform will remain a private company.

Jupiter has promoted James Zimmerman to lead manager of its £60m UK Smaller Companies portfolio as Richard Curling steps back.