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Henry Brennan Editorial, Fundweb.co.uk
Henry Brennan is Mortgages Reporter.
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Lipper identifies ETF 'death list'
11 Jun 2012
Lipper says 241 funds could be struggling to make a profit.
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TOBAM launches Pacific ex-Japan fund with 7IM backing
7 Jun 2012
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Standard Life to launch emerging market equity fund
28 May 2012
Standard Life Investments has announced the launch of the Standard Life Investments global emerging markets equity fund.
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ONS figures confirm UK double-dip recession
24 May 2012
The Office for National Statistics revised down GDP results for the first quarter, confirming that the country has entered a recession.
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Swip unveils restructured global equities team
23 May 2012
Swip has revealed its newly restructured global equities team, which has seen the several high-profile managers left out.
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Carmignac: Greece has effectively left eurozone
16 May 2012
Greece has effectively already left the euro, says Edouard Carmignac, chairman and chief investment officer of Carmignac Gestion.
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Swip real estate director to retire
1 May 2012
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership director of real estate Malcolm Naish has announced plans to take early retirement.
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Ignis to launch absolute return product for credit team
1 May 2012
Ignis Asset Management has confirmed it is planning to launch an absolute return fund for Chris Bowie in the summer.
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Schroders launches high income fund-of-funds
23 Apr 2012
Schroders has announced the launch of a fund-of-funds vehicle investing in the Schroder maximiser and Schroder fixed income unit trusts.
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UK dividends reach record highs in Q1
23 Apr 2012
UK dividends hit record levels in the first quarter as payouts increased by 25% to £18.8bn, according to the latest UK Dividend Monitor by Capita Registrars.
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Standard Life hires emerging market debt team
19 Apr 2012
Standard Life has today announced it is creating an emerging market bonds team to be led by head of emerging market debt, Richard House.
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Rowan Dartington appoints relationship manager
11 Apr 2012
Rowan Dartington has appointed Ian Entwhistle as the firm’s relationship and business development manager.
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Nearly 30% of UK adults don’t understand stocks and shares Isas
29 Mar 2012
A survey by Barclays has discovered that 29% of UK adults have no understanding of how a stocks and shares Isa works.
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Barings: Advisers double-dip fears abated
26 Mar 2012
Investment professionals are becoming increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook as concerns over a double dip recession begin to fade, says Barings.
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Rating agencies slammed over transparency
26 Mar 2012
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s examination of the credit rating agencies has highlighted several transparency issues.
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Budget 12: Government seeks to make Isa market more transparent
21 Mar 2012
The UK government has pledged to improve transparency and competitiveness in the Isa market.
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Fidelity launches global demographic fund
15 Mar 2012
Fidelity has launched a global demographic fund designed with a focus on companies that stand to gain from long-term sociological developments.
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Ex-rate setter claims Bank "overly optimistic" on inflation
15 Mar 2012
PwC economist Andrew Sentance says the MPC is being overly optimistic about predicting falls in inflation and has yet to get to grips with sustained patterns.
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Threadneedle prepares platform launch
12 Mar 2012
Pilot scheme is being rolled out to staff later this month.
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Bank of England should cut rates, says M&G’s Leaviss
7 Mar 2012
Ahead of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Thursday, M&G manager Jim Leaviss has called for further rate cuts.
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Skandia hands China mandate to MIR
6 Mar 2012
Skandia has appointed MIR Investment Management to run its Greater China equity fund.
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UK will avoid double-dip recession, says BCC
5 Mar 2012
The British Chamber of Commerce has revised down its UK GDP growth expectations but stopped short of predicting a double-dip recession.
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Aberdeen to take on Credit Suisse Brazil funds
5 Mar 2012
Aberdeen Asset Management has been appointed to manage two Credit Suisse Brazilian funds.
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King defends banks' loss-making asset sales
29 Feb 2012
Mervyn King defended moves by UK banks to sell assets at a loss when he appeared in front of the TSC this morning.
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Inflows into fixed income funds rocket, says IMA
27 Feb 2012
Fixed income funds started the year with the highest level of retail sales since October 2010, reports the Investment Management Association.
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Excessive regulation "greatest threat" to EM equities, warns UBS
23 Feb 2012
Excessive regulatory efforts are currently posing the greatest threat to emerging market equities, according to UBS Global Asset Management’s Urs Antonioli.
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Fidelity's Lodha: Oil values are unsustainable
23 Feb 2012
Fidelity’s Amit Lodha is positioning the global real asset securities fund in anticipation of a falloff in oil prices.
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Eurozone agrees €130bn Greece bailout
21 Feb 2012
Greece is set to get its next tranche of bailout money after eurozone leaders announced an agreement with the Greek government.
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Invesco Perpetual launches three multi-asset funds
20 Feb 2012
Invesco Perpetual has launched three balanced funds managed by chief investment officer Scott Wolle.
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Tracker fund sales reach record high in 2011, reports IMA
13 Feb 2012
The IMA has revealed that tracker fund sales reached a record high in 2011 of £1.9bn.
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Terry Smith lambasts Goodwin knighthood decision
2 Feb 2012
Fundsmith chief executive Terry Smith has criticised the decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood.
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Invesco to launch financials fund for Causer and Read
19 Jan 2012
Invesco Perpetual is launching a global financial capital fund for managers Paul Causer and Paul Read.
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Pimco adds two new funds to global equities platform
11 Jan 2012
imco has launched two new actively managed sub-funds as part of its Global Investor Series fund range.
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Kames Capital expands fixed income team
11 Jan 2012
Kames Capital has today made three new appointments to its fixed income team.
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Cautious managed highest seller in December for Cofunds
11 Jan 2012
The IMA cautious managed sector ended 2011 as the highest selling sector, according to the latest industry figures from fund supermarket Cofunds.
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PSigma lowers fees on discretionary investment management service
10 Jan 2012
PSigma Investment Management is relaunching its discretionary investment management service with lower fees.
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closes at 29-year low for 2011
30 Dec 2011
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has closed for the year at its lowest level since 1982.
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Cheviot: Record overnight deposit rates reflect missing confidence
28 Dec 2011
Record high overnight deposits reported by the ECB reflect the lack of confidence in the banking sector, says Cheviot Asset Management’s David Miller.
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Standard Life launches global small cap fund
21 Dec 2011
Standard Life Investments has announced the launch of a global smaller companies fund to be managed by Harry Nimmo and Alan Rowsell.
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Standard Life appoints new platform head
21 Dec 2011
Standard Life has appointed Jason Tunbridge as its head of platform distribution.
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Russell Investments launches multi-asset fund
19 Dec 2011
Russell Investments has added to its OpenWorld range with the launch of a multi-asset fund.
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AS 2011: ABI backs infrastructure bonds proposal
29 Nov 2011
The ABI has said it wants to work with the UK Government in developing infrastructure bonds as part of the National Infrastructure Plan.
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All EU sovereign ratings potentially at risk, warns Moody’s
28 Nov 2011
The rapid escalation of the sovereign debt crisis is threatening the credit rating of all European sovereign nations, warns Moody’s Investors Service.
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Bank of England survey reveals fears over high impact event
22 Nov 2011
Private sector fears over a high impact event hitting the UK financial system are at their highest levels ever.
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Germany and France report GDP growth
15 Nov 2011
The eurozone’s two largest economies, Germany and France, have both recorded GDP growth for the third quarter of 2011.
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Cofunds: We are not up for sale
14 Nov 2011
News follows reports that L&G was bidding to acquire the fund supermarket.
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UK is global leader in financial repression, says Swiss & Global
10 Nov 2011
The UK has become the global leader in the financial repression of government debt yields, according to Swiss & Global’s Enzo Puntillo.
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Greek euro referendum scrapped
3 Nov 2011
The Greek government has scrapped plans to hold a referendum of any type, according to reports.
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Milburn: Greece must leave euro
2 Nov 2011
The sovereign debt crisis will be solved by witholding funds from Greece and ejecting them from the euro, says Kames Capital fund manager Phillip Milburn.
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IMA: Fund sales at lowest levels since financial crisis
27 Oct 2011
Fund sales in the third quarter were the lowest since 2008, according to IMA stats.
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HSBC launches renminbi fixed income fund
27 Oct 2011
HSBC Global Asset Management has launched a renminbi fixed income fund.
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Moody’s warns France on losing Aaa rating
18 Oct 2011
Rating agency Moody’s has warned that France may be the next nation at risk of losing its Aaa debt rating.
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Fees rise for retail investors, says Lipper
10 Oct 2011
During the past ten years, more than 150 funds have hiked their annual management fees, according to the latest research by fund data provider Lipper.
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Strong and stable euro "as likely as deep-fried ice-cream"
6 Oct 2011
A strong and stable euro “is as likely as deep-fried ice-cream”, says Gisela Stuart, a veteran ex-member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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New European transaction tax could hit investors hard
28 Sep 2011
IMA warns that new European Commission proposals could see pension and Ucits investors being taxed more than once.
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Gold could still reach $2,000, says Damaskos
26 Sep 2011
Chief executive of Sector Investment Managers suggests gold is set to surge again in the near future.
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Omam launches new UK equities fund
15 Sep 2011
Old Mutual Asset Managers is to launch a UK opportunities fund for manager Simon Murphy.
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UK banks will not face a downgrade, says Moody’s
14 Sep 2011
UK banks will not face a downgrade based on the Independent Commission on Banking’s report, published earlier this week, says Moody’s.
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Europe heading for recession, says manager survey
13 Sep 2011
The majority of European investors expect Europe to fall into recession over the next 12 months
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Aviva Investors aims to promote sustainable investments
12 Sep 2011
Aviva Investors report proposes environmentally hostile investment decisions result in higher insurance premiums for fund managers.
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UK stands a 40% chance of QE2, says BofA ML
6 Sep 2011
The UK stands a 40% chance of being subjected to a second round of quantative easing, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Equity funds suffer badly in July, says IMA
5 Sep 2011
Equity funds experienced net outflows in July for the first time since February 2009 as investor confidence was shaken by market volatility.
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Rensburg Fund Management to be renamed as Franklin Templeton
5 Sep 2011
Rensburg Fund Management will be renamed as Franklin Templeton Fund Management from October.
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BlackRock appoints UK fund co-manager
1 Sep 2011
