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Schroders has appointed Kate Jones as head of investment services, to help develop its global investment management and research platform.

This week's Conjecture debate saw panellists from BlackRock, MFS & Threadneedle discuss the prospects for UK equities.

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In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Blackrock, Rathbone Unit Trust Management and Standard & Poor's discussed investing for income.

BlackRock has reported net income of $568m for the first quarter, marking a $145m increase from a year ago.

iShares has unveiled its inaugural range of precious metals ETCs on the London Stock Exchange, offering UK investors exposure to the performance of physical commodities.

BlackRock's Mark Lyttleton has cut his banking exposure on concerns a heavier burden of regulation and increased capital requirements are clouding the outlook for the sector this year.

Sparks and Dickstein expect US Fed to keep holding asset class in short term

The end of the sovereign debt crisis in peripheral Europe may be in sight despite continued negative newsflow from the region, several managers claim.

BlackRock's Evy Hambro has ruled out the introduction of a discount control mechanism (DCM) to rein in the discount on his £1.6bn BlackRock World Mining trust.