Vanguard and Buxton’s Merian outfit setting up in Dublin

World’s second-biggest money manager and Merian Global Investors to open offices

Seen&Heard: The lowdown from the business media

Short odds on Ladbrokes merger and who it is that benefits from €1.9bn Anglo write-offs

StockTake: Eyebrows raised at Nobel economics call

Fund manager Neil Woodford to leave Invesco Perpetual

Woodford one of investment industry’s most closely watched fund managers