UPDATE 2-Jupiter to buy Merian as UK fund managers consolidate <!-- no image --> <div>* Jupiter says deal to accelerate growth strategy (Adds background, detail from statement)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=X93KCpwNvbI:vW51zMSd2Do:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=X93KCpwNvbI:vW51zMSd2Do:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=X93KCpwNvbI:vW51zMSd2Do:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=X93KCpwNvbI:vW51zMSd2Do:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=X93KCpwNvbI:vW51zMSd2Do:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/X93KCpwNvbI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters