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Aviva's £5.1bn acquisition of Friends Life could see as many as 1,500 jobs cut, the company has said.

Jupiter Fund Management saw a net outflow in Q4 following the loss of a segregated mandate and closure of its Split Capital trust.

Rathbones has reported a sharp jump in assets under management for 2014 but adopted a cautious stance on the outlook for investors over the next 12 months.

Brewin Dolphin's Angus Kerr, Lindsay Strachan and four colleagues are moving to Rathbones to set up a new Glasgow office for the wealth manager.

Robert Mumby has retired from fund management after nine years at Jupiter, handing his funds to Guy de Blonay.

Jupiter head of institutional business Martin Harris has left the business after just eight months for personal reasons.

From fee reductions and discount management, to more board scrutiny. Jeremy Beckwith, director of manager research at Morningstar, analyses the changing story behind investment trusts in 2014.

A strong dollar tends to foreshadow bad tidings in the global economy. From high yield, to emerging markets and even US interest rates, no corner may be spared the effects.

Jupiter's John Chatfeild-Roberts has predicted the European Central Bank (ECB) will unveil a long-awaited quantitative easing programme at the start of next year, boosting the region's equity markets in the process.