UK

Charlie Eppinger has joined the board of Old Mutual Wealth as non-executive director.

UK dividend payouts will contract this year for the first time since 2010 following a "disappointing" Q3 for income investors, according to Capita.

Aberdeen Asset Management and Macquarie Group are the two remaining bidders battling it out for Scottish Widows Investment Management (SWIP), Investment Week understands.

There was really only one story grabbing the headlines in the retail financial services world this week - the surprise exit of the most famous investor in the UK, Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has removed the CF JM Finn UK Portfolio fund from the UK Equity Income sector after it failed to meet yield requirements.

Invesco Perpetual's Mark Barnett is preparing a number of strategies to help preserve the performance of the group's Income funds if Neil Woodford's departure triggers outflows.

Neil Woodford was among those awarded honours by Prince William at Buckingham Palace yesterday, days after he announced his departure from Invesco Perpetual.

Rathbone Brothers has seen a 15.6% increase in funds under management in the first three quarters of the year, with flows accelerating in Q3.

Polar Capital's UK equity team is being dissolved as manager Philip Hardy leaves the firm, the group said today.

Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has added three new tools to its ratings service, including the ability to rate new funds with less than a year's track record.