UK

F&C manager introduces put and call options with greater mega-cap emphasis to enhance yield and bring fund's performance back to top quartile.

ON UK GROWTH

ON UK INCOME

Top-performing UK smaller companies managers consider whether time is right to rotate into domestic stocks after bumper 2011.

UK Leading Companies manager Richard Hallett warns against backing commodities too heavily.

Aviva has appointed Trevor Matthews as CEO of its UK region and as an executive director of Aviva.

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

Castlestone Management has suspended subscriptions on three of its Dublin-domiciled funds following an order by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Ignis Asset Management's sales and marketing director Jonathan Polin is leaving the business at the end of July to pursue other interests.

Andrew Sentance, who yesterday stepped down as a member of the Bank of England (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), has condemned the Bank's refusal to raise interest rates.