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Prudential has dropped funds including Richard Buxton's Schroder UK Alpha Plus fund from its Dynamic Portfolio range in a move to diversify UK equity risk.

UK GDP growth has been revised slightly upwards to a contraction of 0.4% in Q2, according to the final estimate from the Office for National Statistics.

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3D printing, the deposition of successive layers of materials, which are fused to create solid objects, may prove the most disruptive technology to emerge in a century.

M&G's co-head of fixed income Jim Leaviss has warned the UK could face losing its AAA rating on 5 December, the day of the Autumn Statement, as the growing budget deficit could force George Osborne to abandon plans for fiscal consolidation.

A place incapable of supporting life as we know it - a good description of where ECB monetary policy is leading us.

Thirty-year industry veteran Richard Pease is director of European equities at Henderson, sole manager of the £402m European Special Situations fund and co-manager of the £828m European Growth fund.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has made a sharp cut to its forecast for UK growth in its latest interim economic assessment.

A quick round up of what happened over the summer - just in case you were distracted by sport and holidays.

Managers are increasingly concerned about the future resilience of UK dividends as payouts hit record levels and a slowing economy prompts the need for companies to reallocate capital.