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Kuber Ventures has unveiled a six strong line-up of EIS fund managers, two months on from launching the first ever EIS platform.

Former Cofunds head of sales and marketing Alastair Conway has joined James Hay Partnership as chief executive.

Hollywood director Ridley Scott has partnered with Orchard Media Ventures to launch an enterprise investment scheme which will finance six UK films.

Paul Feeney has told Investment Week the terms negotiated on Skandia's soon-to-be-launched Select fund range will enable the group to offer the "best model portfolio service" to UK advisers and help them take power back from other distributors.

The return of high-profile funds to the top of the performance charts is shaking up the UK equity rankings, just as the asset class returns to favour.

Schroders has launched a multi-asset fund aiming to protect investors' capital in varying market conditions.

Barclays has announced that Chris Lucas, its group finance director, and Mark Harding, the group general counsel, are to retire from the business.

British banks that fail to separate their retail banking from their riskier investment banking arms may be forcibly dismantled, Chancellor George Osborne will say later today.

First State Investments has launched a Global Credit Income fund for the UK market, targeting wealth managers and discretionary investors.

Capita Registrars has cut its UK dividend growth projection for 2013 from 8% to 6.7%, warning payouts cannot outstrip GDP growth indefinitely.