UK

Henderson Global Investors is to merge the three Gartmore Multi-Manager funds run by Tony Lanning and Bill McQuaker into its own range as part of an overhaul of its offering.

If you asked a few years ago for opinions on UK life companies, the responses would have been predictable and familiar.

Brian White, a co-founder of Midlands-based Berkeley Fund Managers and fund manager at GHC Capital Markets, has passed away unexpectedly.

EASY AS ABC?

A quartet of industry specialists talk to Heath Reidy about their top UK Equity fund picks.

Ratings agency Moody's is threatening to cut the ratings of 14 British banks including RBS and Lloyds.

The Bank of England is right to hold interest rates at record lows of 0.5% as governor Mervyn King takes a long-term view, according to George Osborne.

Blevins Franks is warning expatriates that the current UK rules for determining whether or not an individual is tax resident in the UK remain complex and unclear.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said it expects the UK to avoid another recession but warned it now faces a bleak period of low growth.

Old Mutual saw a net outflow of £2.6bn in the first quarter of the year, although assets under management edged up and Skandia saw growth in new business volumes.