Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy Heinz for $23bn, a 20% premium to yesterday's closing share price.
Capita Registrars has cut its UK dividend growth projection for 2013 from 8% to 6.7%, warning payouts cannot outstrip GDP growth indefinitely.
Henderson's Job Curtis, manager of the £838m City of London investment trust, said UK equity income investors are experiencing the best conditions since the 1950s.
Ignis Asset Management parent Phoenix Group has rejected a number of takeover approaches to buy the fund management business, according to reports.
National wealth manager, Bellpenny, has acquired Monmouthshire Independent Financial Advisers (MIFA), a subsidiary of Monmouthshire Building Society.
The merger of Glencore and Xstrata to form the world's largest mining company has finally been approved by shareholders, but has claimed the job of Xstrata chairman Sir John Bond in a row over pay.