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InCapital managing director Mark Dickson has left the structured product provider ahead of his colleague Chris Taylor who is expected to exit the firm imminently.

Economists shoot down IMF's growth forecasts for UK in anticipation of an increase in GDP.

Tension between the European Central Bank and the German government has intensified as Jean-Claude Trichet hit back at the German finance minister's claims Greek government bondholders should contribute to a new aid programme.

F&C Thames River's Kristof Bulkai is set to implement a number of short positions in China when his GEM Absolute Return fund launches on 22 June.

Investment trust analysts warn UK Growth & Income sector's 2.6% premium could vanish following inevitable hikes in UK interest rates

JO Hambro Capital Management's newest offering, Global Emerging Markets Opportunities fund, will have a large-cap bias and adopt the top-down approach the managers used in their in their previous roles at Barings.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called for an independent review into the collapse of Keydata and other investment firms and said the scale of recent failures has not been seen since the Barlow Clowes scandal of the 1980s.

Nathaniel Rothschild emphasised his status as one of the most powerful brokers in the booming commodities market yesterday as he unveiled plans to raise £1bn in just 11 days.

Aviva Investors' Chris Higham has slashed risk exposure in his £1.6bn Corporate Bond and £96m Strategic Bond funds, shifting 25% of the portfolio into cash on fears of a bubble forming in risk assets.

State Street Global Advisors is launching its inaugural UK range of ETFs within the next quarter, as part of plans to launch more than 50 index-tracking funds in the next two years.