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Italian and Spanish authorities both moved to ban short-selling today after shares plunged across the globe on fears Greece will fail to meet bailout pledges.

Jim Rogers has dismissed fears of a hard landing in China, saying slowing growth is simply proof the authorities are managing the economy as they intended.

Newton is to launch an Emerging Markets Income fund for Jason Pidcock to complement the manager's existing £2.1bn Asia Income fund.

Bestinvest's list of 'dog funds' highlights funds that have underperformed their benchmark by 10% or more cumulatively over the last three years.

UK dividends rose 18.4% in Q2 2012 to reach a record high of £22.6bn, fuelled by special dividends and strong underlying growth, according to the latest Capita Dividend Monitor.

John Kay has released his final report on the UK financial services sector, calling for investors to rethink their approach to portfolio construction and risk management.

Seven more banks have agreed to join the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) review of sales of interest rate hedging products to SMEs.

MAM Funds has reported a boost to funds under management following net inflows in the first half of the year.

Neptune's Alex Breese is taking an overweight position to the media sector in his UK Special Situations fund.

BlackRock's Vincent Devlin said country risk is a serious threat for European equity investors as markets decouple in reaction to the eurozone crisis.