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Revenue and profits of UK mid-cap companies have beaten those of their FTSE 100 peers over the past year, as larger firms have seen their margins squeezed.

Dividend growth has slowed in recent months, dragged down by FTSE heavyweights. But do not be fooled: some FTSE players are preparing for dividend increases, explains OMGI's Stephen Message.

As Western economies move closer to the inevitable monetary policy normalisation, nervousness is building. But the impact of these changes will be more muted than in previous cycles. Revera's Glen Nimmo explains why.

Neil Woodford has added a new position in Royal Mail to his £2.4bn Woodford Equity Income fund as the company's share price began to falter this year.

There is a worrying level of calmness in markets at a time when risk levels across the board are rising. Investors should be upping cash now, argues M&G UK Growth manager Mike Felton.

A BlackRock employee has left the group after being found to have avoided £43,000 in train fares over the past five years.

The UK economy appears to be in rude health. In May, the Bank of England upgraded its growth forecasts for 2015 to 2.9%, from 2.7%, saying that the economy "has started to head back towards normal". It left its growth prediction for this year unchanged...

Almost 90% of active UK equity fund managers beat the benchmark index last year, far outstripping the performance of other active managers, an S&P Indices report has found.

The steady eddie water utility stocks should have been casualties of the improving economy. But this sector has outperformed the All-Share so far this year. Rathbones' Alan Dobbie explores this 'intriguing' performance.

Following a bumper season for special dividends, capex growth has picked up substantially. The era of special dividends could be drawing to a close, explains AXA IM's Jamie Forbes-Wilson.