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The steep fall in the oil price could damage growth and dividend prospects for some of the UK's biggest stocks, adding to managers' concerns over the outlook for the wider market.

Mega-caps may have struggled this year, but the UK is awash with successful self-help situations, says EEA's David Urch.

Nigel Beidas, co-manager of the Marlborough Extra Income fund, takes a closer look at headwinds and tailwinds for UK companies.

M&G Recovery fund manager Tom Dobell has said his recent poor performance is down to stock selection rather than the size of his fund.

The FTSE 100 was in the red once again today following losses around the globe overnight, with Hargreaves Lansdown and luxury goods retailers Burberry and Mulberry both taking a tumble on slowdown fears.

Large-cap funds in the UK Equity Income sector have increased the concentration of their top ten holdings even as the UK's largest stocks begin to struggle, data compiled for Investment Week has revealed.

Shares in BP slumped late on Thursday after the group was found by a US judge to be "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the Gulf of Mexico four years ago.

Have markets become desensitised to geopolitical conflicts?

BP will step up its share buyback programme with the revenues from divestments over the next year, according to its second quarter results.

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