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Jupiter's James Clunie plans to avoid making big calls on the state of the global economy as he assumes control of the £337m Jupiter Absolute Return fund.

Hargreaves Lansdown has moved to officially challenge HMRC's decision to impose a tax on platform rebates paid to consumers, after the revenue's move to introduce the tax earlier this year.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to carry out a study into the UK cash savings market as part of a programme of work seeking to assess the effectiveness of competition in financial markets.

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Iain Fulton, manager of the SWIP Global fund, has revealed the stocks driving his portfolio's performance over the last 12 months.

Invesco Perpetual has rolled out its first multi-asset fund strategy for former Standard Life Investments' (SLI) managers David Millar, Dave Jubb and Richard Batty.

Walker Crips Group has made £6.6m after crystallising convertible loan stock issued to it as part of Liontrust's 2012 acquisition of its asset management arm.

BlackRock's veteran equity investor Richard Plackett has outlined three key areas of opportunity which could benefit small and mid caps, against a backdrop of improving economic growth.

The economy is "turning a corner", Chancellor George Osborne is expected to say in an upbeat speech later today.