Slight changes in performance is all that separates the leaders and the laggards in diminutive sector.
Threadneedle's executive chairman Simon Davies is set to retire from the group in June 2012.
The tragic loss of Apple's visionary co-founder Steve Jobs last night prompted a drop in the group's share price as US markets opened, followed by a swift move back into positive territory.
In the latest Conjecture debate, our panellists from Aberdeen Asset Management, Standard & Poor's and Threadneedle discussed Absolute Returns.
Threadneedle is to alter its managed funds' investment policy by allowing managers to make more defensive plays and invest more heavily in its long/short offerings.
LV= Asset Management said it expects to see some staff redundancies as it finalises its deal to outsource the management of its funds to Threadneedle.