european equities

France, Italy and Spain have extended bans prohibiting the short-selling of selected financial stocks until at least mid-November.

Argonaut Capital Partners has appointed Edward James as chief operating officer as the boutique becomes more independent from Ignis.

Argonaut Capital Partners has confirmed it will split off from Ignis Asset Management, with Ignis retaining a 40% stake in the boutique.

Dave Dudding, who manages Threadneedle's £955m European Select fund, has named a range of stocks he is backing to get through troubled times in Europe.

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LVAM's Mark Page and Laurent Millet are joining Artemis' European equity strategies team in early September.

AllianceBernstein has unveiled a European Flexible Equity fund, a UCITS III absolute return strategy designed to adapt its exposure in accordance with the market environment.

SVG Investment Managers has made its UK Focus and European Focus funds available to UK retail investors for the first time with a move to a FSA regulated format.

JPM's James Glover says dividend yields will play a more significant role in driving real total returns than they have over the past 25 years.

Neptune's Rob Burnett has moved from an underweight to a neutral position on banks for the first time since 2009 on his £1.12bn European Opportunities fund in the belief a solution to the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis is "imminent".