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Business secretary Vince Cable has met with a group of top UK fund managers to demand they put more pressure on company boards to deliver better long-term value for shareholders and the UK.

BlackRock has launched an Absolute Return Bond fund for Ian Winship, targeting positive performance above cash in all market environments.

Standard Life's Karen Robertson and M&G's Aled Smith have both entered Chelsea Financial Services' infamous 'Relegation Zone'.

Robin Batchelor, fund manager of BlackRock's New Energy Investment Trust, looks at how countries have reassessed their energy plans since the Japan earthquake.

ON UK INCOME

BlackRock has launched an emerging markets equity income fund targeting a minimum yield of 30% above the MCSI Emerging Markets Equity index.

Fears over liquidity and sovereign debt contagion mean the threat of nationalisation has spread to leading players in Europe's banking sector.

BlackRock has appointed Simon White from Allianz Global Investors' subsidiary RCM as head of investment trusts.

BlackRock's Nick Little is to join Mark Lyttleton in managing the company's £444m UK fund.

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