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The insurance sector has come under the spotlight this week after Friday's revelation Aviva was seeking a merger with Friends Life in a deal worth £5.6bn.

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Barclays has appointed Aviva's John McFarlane to succeed Sir David Walker as chairman in 2015.

Chris Reid, manager of the Majedie UK Income fund, has been topping up his highest conviction positions and increasing the portfolio's concentration, in the expectation divergence between winners and losers will increase.

Invesco Perpetual's Global Targeted Returns fund has pulled ahead of its main competitor in its first year of existence, prompting fund buyers to reconsider their options in the absolute return space.

Aviva UK has reported a 21% drop in the value of new life business it wrote in the first half of the year, mainly due to a steep fall in annuity business.