UK

Hector Sants, the current chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and Bank of England governor Mervyn King have been named among the most influential people in the European capital markets.

Rupert Murdoch's takeover of BSkyB appeared to be dead in the water last night following allegations executives at his British newspaper empire mounted a cover-up of the full scale of criminal activity at the News of the World.

Senior European Union (EU) officials are set to meet later on Monday to discuss the eurozone's continuing debt woes.

GLG has bought its flagship European long-short hedge fund, managed by GLG co-founder Pierre Lagrange, to the UK market.

Ecclesiastical's Robin Hepworth plans to avoid the UK consumer sector for the next three to five years unless the market falls by 20% this year.

ASHBY'S ANSWERS

The UK has spent the last few days discussing how to pay for retirement and old age.

M&G's Richard Woolnough is maintaining his underweight to UK banks as he predicts the sector will not see a turnaround for 10 to 20 years.

Threadneedle is preparing to take on the management of LV='s retail and institutional fund range.

In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from LVAM, BlackRock and Aberdeen Asset Management discussed UK Equity Income.