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Aberdeen Asset Management is said to be in talks to buy Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP).

The year-long stock market rally faltered over the summer, its progress derailed by concerns about the Federal Reserve's intentions to tighten monetary policy.

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Iain Fulton, manager of the SWIP Global fund, has revealed the stocks driving his portfolio's performance over the last 12 months.

Wealth managers have been shifting assets out of fixed income and into property as the unloved sector comes back onto investors' radar.

Fixed income managers have taken advantage of pricing opportunities in the high yield space to move back into the asset class, after outflows hit record levels in June following the Federal Reserve's tapering talk.

James Carver, manager of the SWIP Absolute Return Bond fund, is making a call on the Japanese currency strengthening against the euro as money continues flowing into Japan's equity market.

Former Scottish Widows Investment Partnership investment director and head of research, David Keir, has joined Saracen Fund Managers.