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The FTSE 100 edged past the 5,600 mark in early trading Monday, helped in part by a 2% gain for Prudential which has accelerated its plans for a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Aegon UK, the Edinburgh-based life and pensions business, is thought to be in the sights of Clive Cowdery, who heads the Resolution acquisitions vehicle.

Augustus Asset Managers' funds are to invest more heavily in convertible bonds as it feels the equity risk premium is now higher than the premium it can earn on vanilla bonds.

The directors of Nevsky Capital's $3.3bn hedge fund are thought not to be actively planning to recruit replacement managers when incumbents Martin Taylor and Nick Barnes step down in 12 months.

Premier's Alex Ross believes targeting areas of the property market that are expected to show rental growth will be key this year.

As regulators attempt to place more controls on short positions, analysis shows interest in UK banks is on the wane

Japan Growth fund to redenominate allowing shares to be included in FTSE All Share

Future Fuels is raising a £40m fund to invest in the British Renewable Transport Fuel (RTF) market.

CEO's baseline scenario is muted economic growth with muddled policy response

SVM Asset Management's Colin McLean believes the case for investing in gold miners has gained impetus from bullion's recent performance in sterling terms.