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Asian stocks have soared, led by Japan's Nikkei, as investor confidence was boosted by Tokyo winning the race to host the 2020 Olympics.

TwentyFour Asset Management is set to launch a Senior Secured Bond fund for Rob Ford later this month, investing in high quality floating rate securities.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford is a longtime backer and major shareholder in some of the largest dividend paying stocks in the UK market.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined the scenarios in which the payment of cash rebates from providers to consumers can continue after a wider ban comes into force next year.

Markets climbed this afternoon following a worse-than-expected jobs update in the US, as investors anticipate the Fed will now have to delay QE tapering.

Nigel Thomas, manager of AXA Framlington's £4.4bn UK Select Opportunities fund, has won the Outstanding Fund Manager award from Morningstar OBSR.

Bryan Collings has stepped down as managing partner of boutique Hexam so he can focus more closely on running the group's fund range.

Artemis has relaunched Tim Steer's $60m UK Hedge fund as a European vehicle.

Sheila Nicoll, former FSA director of conduct policy, has joined Ernst & Young's asset management practice as a senior adviser.

Star manager Richard Buxton has listed seven key things he has learnt since starting his career in fund management.