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Skandia Investment Group has appointed EM specialist Fisher Investments to oversee its new Global Emerging Markets fund.

Liontrust has appointed former OMAM and Mellon sales chief Mark Allpress as its new head of retail distribution.

A group of countries including Germany and the UK have thrown their weight behind an EU proposal to fine member states for failing to cut their budget deficits.

David Aird, Investec's MD of UK retail distribution, discusses his group's 19-year experience investing on the African continent and how it can harness this expertise into its Africa Opportunities fund.

A $3.7bn acquisition by consumer products giant Unilever led European markets higher in early Monday trade, the FTSE 100 adding 0.2%.

F&C's Peter Ewins has begun modifying the £195m Global Smaller Companies trust since changing the benchmark earlier this year.

BlackRock's Poppy Allonby believes China is offering the best potential for green energy.

The Artemis Alpha and Gartmore Growth Opportunities investment trusts have reached an agreement to merge the two companies.

The US Treasury could announce plans to return independence to insurance giant AIG as early as this week.

Mark Mobius has labelled the world record $70bn Petrobras rights issue an "abomination" and believes it could signal the globe is entering an IPO bubble.