Cazenove

This morning it emerged Schroders has entered bid talks to acquire Cazenove Capital.

Schroders is in talks with Cazenove Capital over a possible acquisition of the boutique.

Cazenove's top performing UK Equity Income fund manager Matt Hudson has identified the potential winners among the UK's banking sector following a stellar year for all the big banks.

ECONOMY

The Bank of England's latest thoughts on introducing negative interest rates to encourage higher lending from banks are 'somewhat schizophrenic', a leading economist has said.

Henderson's chief executive Andrew Formica has teamed up with Nichola Pease and a range of asset managers to launch an initiative to get young people in the UK work experience - and potentially jobs - in the City.

Rayner Spencer Mills' research directors Ken Rayner and Graham O'Neill have picked a selection of funds from the IMA sector universe which have seen a recent rebound in performance.

Following an apparently disappointing outcome in 2012, there is greater optimism over growth prospects for the UK and other economies in 2013.

Managers are setting up portfolios for a pull-back in equity markets, looking at put options and moving more defensive as several indicators post sell signals.

Schroders edged back into the top ten asset managers by fund sales in Q4 as investors showed renewed interest equities, the latest Pridham Report has revealed.