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The FTSE Group is to raise its minimum free float requirement for companies listing in the UK from 15% to 25% after a market consultation.

Investors should have been buying portfolios of gilts, treasuries and bunds, as well as commodities, while avoiding major indices, to maximise returns in 2011.

Standard Life Investments' Thomas Moore is set to shake up holdings in the group's £107m Equity Income trust when he takes over as lead manager next year.

Equity and other financial markets have gone through periods of stress, but Neil Jamieson of ETF Securities, says sterling investors could have used FX as a protection strategy.

The manager of the £1.2bn Caledonia Investment trust is aiming to increase its yield by revamping it into a more concentrated portfolio.

JO Hambro Capital Management's Clive Beagles has raised the cap on his UK Equity Income fund to £1bn.

M&G is to merge Alex Odd's Dividend and Income funds in a move to streamline its proposition in the income space.

The £1.2bn Mercantile Investment trust has seen its discount tighten to below 10% following its recent share buyback programme.

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