m&a

ON EUROPE

Invesco Perpetual fund manager, Jonathan Brown, on why he expects a pick up in M&A activity in the smaller companies sector next year.

Graham Tuckwell, one of the pioneers in the exchanged traded fund market, has put his company ETF Securities up for sale with a potential £1bn ($1.6bn) price tag.

Warren Buffett has provided a much needed boost to Tesco by saying he is considering upping his stake in the supermarket giant.

A pair of Walker Crips funds run by Steve Bailey and Jan Luthman are set for a boost as major holding Hamworthy received a bid approach this morning.

ON UK INCOME

Peter Meany, manager of the First State Global Listed Infrastructure fund, reveals the positive drivers for the sector in the months ahead.

First State's Joanne Warner has said greater regulatory scrutiny means mega-cap M&A on the scale of BHP Billiton's failed 2008 bid for Rio Tinto will never return.

Investec has reached an agreement with Evolution to purchase the Williams de Broe owner in a deal worth £233m.

Thames River's Rob Burdett argues that company balance sheets should be healthy enough to see us through the global storm.