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Three reasons to 'put capital preservation above greed'

Election, sterling, and Alliance Trust troubles

Artemis' Mark Tyndall is stepping aside from his post as senior partner, moving into a non-executive role on 31 December 2015, as John Dodd becomes the group's chairman.

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Tesco shares have sunk 5% this afternoon as investors took an increasingly dim view of its £6.4bn full year loss.

Market movements are pushing Fidelity global equity manager Jeremy Podger to consider companies outside his traditional sectors as he looks further afield for value.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has become less concerned with deflation risks, according to it latest minutes, despite CPI inflation dropping to 0%.

A UK futures trader has been accused by US authorities of contributing to the 2010 'flash crash' which saw the Dow Jones plunge 600 points in five minutes.

Tesco has reported a worse than expected full-year loss of £6.4bn, after £7bn in one-off charges arising from a "very difficult" 2014 dragged it into the red.

Henderson Global Investors' chief executive Andrew Formica has warned the UK's credit rating could be put at risk by a Labour triumph at next month's general election.