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Neil Woodford is considering opening talks with his former firm Invesco Perpetual about a private multi-billion pound deal to bring across his old stakes in the country's largest stocks, and avoid creating havoc in their share prices.

The relative weakness in the small-cap market shows the market is having trouble digesting the extraordinary level of recent equity issuance, explains Franklin Templeton small cap manager Richard Bullas.

UK equity income funds recorded their best month on record in April as the ongoing demand for income solutions saw them rake in hundreds of millions of pounds.

Part II: Where is the best value: Large, mid, or small caps?

A year ago this week, then-Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke made a speech many expected to provoke a paradigm shift in markets.

The MSCI Asia-Pacific has hit its highest level in 12 months after a US session which saw small caps move off recent lows.

Where is the best value: Large, mid, or small caps?

When will the small cap M&A boom start?

Neil Woodford has said some core UK equity income stocks could be hit by dividend cuts in the near future due to "very stressed" business models.

Neil Woodford's new income fund will aim to deliver high single digit returns annually, despite a 'challenging' economic backdrop he predicts will weigh on markets.