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UK equity income managers, including Artemis' Adrian Frost, are stepping up their quest for the next generation of dividend payers as the London market's leading stocks disappoint.

UBS Asset Management is to become the latest group to boost its passive fund offering in the UK, as it launches the first product in a new range for retail investors.

Fixed income managers are turning more positive on bank debt after regulators announced they will allow banks to hold a broader range of corporate bonds as a capital buffer.

Henderson non-executive chairman Rupert Pennant-Rea is to stand down in May 2013 as the asset manager unveils a corporate restructure.

Royal London has agreed to change the terms used in its Scottish Life branded unit linked consumer contracts after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) found they may have been unfair.

This week, managers explain which moves have helped their performance in 2012.

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Standard Chartered's reputation and shares were dealt a hammer blow last week as the New York state regulator claimed the British bank had hidden $250bn of trades with Iran, putting its US banking licence at risk.

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