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Taube Hodson Stonex Partners (THS) is launching a retail share class for its flagship £592m International Growth and Value fund, after parting company with St James's Place (SJP) late last year.

European technology company earnings are set to bounce back this year but investors should tread carefully, according to Franklin Templeton European Growth fund manager Mike Clements.

Architas CIO Caspar Rock has increased his funds' weightings to equities - particularly Japan - in the expectation the momentum behind the recent move into risk assets will continue.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called on the FSA to increase the amounts insurers and banks contribute to the FSCS after warning fund managers faced cross-subsidies which were three times higher than the other institutions.

UK equity income managers, including Artemis' Adrian Frost, are stepping up their quest for the next generation of dividend payers as the London market's leading stocks disappoint.

UBS Asset Management is to become the latest group to boost its passive fund offering in the UK, as it launches the first product in a new range for retail investors.

Charles Hepworth, investment manager in charge of GAM's discretionary fund management (DFM) offering for UK IFAs launched in November, has revealed his top fund picks for the range.

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US fund managers who avoided technology giant Apple in the final quarter of last year have raced to the top of the IMA North America sector after the company endured a fierce sell-off.

Tracker funds' share of total industry funds under management hit a fresh record at the end of 2012, nearing 9% of FUM, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA).