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The big event in May for the London stock market was the IPO of Glencore. Many investors are unsettled about the logic of listing companies on the LSE that have little or no economic footprint in the UK.

Since taking over the helm of Standard Life Investments' UK Equity Unconstrained fund in April 2008, Ed Legget has raised eyebrows in the UK All Companies sector.

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THE CONTRARIAN INVESTOR

Liontrust duo Julian Fosh and Anthony Cross discuss their outlook for UK equities and how they have pulled up performance on First Growth

FTSE 100 dividend payouts are expected to rise 18% this year, as profitability recovers from the crisis.

During periods of sharp recovery, investors seek out companies that share a combination of characteristics including poor relative returns in the market decline, attractiveness on stable measures of value such as book-to-price and high financial and operational...