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Schroders has added a retail share class to its QEP Global Core fund to create the second offering in suite of actively-managed products with passive fund-style charges.

FSA chairman Lord Turner last night said the amount of high quality capital banks should hold as a risk buffer should be double the current requirement.

Members of the Bank of England court revealed yesterday they are "uncomfortable" with governor Mervyn King's involvement in politics.

The UK will be at risk of returning to recession if the Bank of England raises interest rates, says MAM Funds' Martin Gray.

ON UK INCOME

Adam Avigdori, portfolio manager of BlackRock's UK Income fund, discusses why he is predicting good single-digit dividend growth this year and next.

The policy mismatch between the US and European central banks could cause serious headwinds for financial markets, Schroder's Richard Buxton has warned.

Insynergy is to add an emerging markets equity income fund to its product range, aiming to offer exposure to a range of alternative dividend payers.

Henderson's Trevor Green has joined Aviva Investors' UK equity desk, replacing Mervyn Douglas.

Anyone who came to the UCIS roadshow I chaired recently around the UK will have heard about the issue of due diligence and the need to do it on an ongoing basis.