Equities

Are there any equity bargains left out there?

FLEXIBILITY

Canada's Bank of Montreal (BMO) has agreed a deal to buy F&C for £708m in cash.

PRICING

Aviva chief financial officer (CFO) Pat Regan is to leave the company after three years to take up a post in Australia.

Investec's top-performing UK Smaller Companies manager Philip Rodrigs is to leave the company.

Nick Train, a long-term backer of Hargreaves Lansdown, has said the platform's assets could hit £240bn by 2020 - a figure which would mean adding £200bn in AUA over the next six years.

Managers Tony Lanning and Nick Roberts get on the PA soapbox

DEAL

Jupiter has reported net fund flows of £458m for Q4 2013, taking its total assets under management to over £30bn for the first time.