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With effect from 19 January

Appointed non-exec director

Private equity firm will acquire business

Exposure to dividend-yielding stocks

Carl Howard, commercial director at TD Direct Investing, analyses the best and worst economic performers on AIM since it launched

The London Stock Exchange and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission have reached a deal allowing Hong Kong investors easier and cheaper access to UK-quoted companies than ever before.

A market for stockpickers

Shares in TSB Banking Group have soared after news emerged it is in takeover talks with Spanish bank Sabadell.

Equity investors today seem to have only two options: to invest in expensive companies or those with inherent financial risk attached, according to Simon Gergel, manager of the Merchants trust at Allianz Global Investors

Aberdeen Asset Management may be among the bidders for Russell Investment Management, the $260bn asset manager put on the block by London Stock Exchange Group, according to analysts at Numis.