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Invesco Perpetual fund manager, Jonathan Brown, on why he expects a pick up in M&A activity in the smaller companies sector next year.

Economists have warned the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB)'s plans to ringfence UK banks' retail and investment divisions could threaten economic growth.

Octopus Investments' chief investment officer Lothar Mentel is leaving the business to pursue other opportunities, Investment Week can reveal.

Phil Wagstaff is leaving his role as chief executive of Skandia Investment Group, just two weeks after joining, to become global head of distribution at Henderson Global Investors.

Invesco Perpetual's head of investment Neil Woodford said his favoured defensive blue chip names have recently delivered some confident trading updates, despite tough macroeconomic conditions.

Resolution founder and chairman Clive Cowdery has bought a further stake in the consolidation vehicle.

Legal & General Investment Management's top performing bond manager Richard Hodges is preparing his £1.8bn Dynamic Bond trust for more pain and heighted volatility to come next year.

UK unemployment rose by 128,000 in the three months to October to 2.64 million, the highest level since 1994.

There are many lessons to be learned from the near-collapse of RBS. Special advisers to the Treasury Select Committee Bill Knight and Sir David Walker set out what they believe were the four main mistakes which led to the bank's downfall - and how to...