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New Star Global Financials Fund retains S&P AA rating

The latest review of the New Star Global Financials Fund by Standard & Poor’s has confirmed the retention of the fund’s AA rating.

SLI launches European Smaller Companies SICAV

Standard Life Investments (SLI), the global fund manager, has announced the launch of a European Smaller Companies Fund aimed at European institutional and retail investors.

Fidelity Corporate Bond Funds steer investors through credit crunch

Fidelity Investment Funds MoneyBuilder Income and Fidelity Investment Funds Sterling Bond Fund, which invest in sterling corporate bonds, achieved positive returns during the recent period of market volatility, beating the sector average.

Ethical leader F&C to launch new bond fund

F&C Investments is poised to execute the next stage of its strategy to further develop its sustainable investment franchise with the launch on Monday 1 October of the F&C Ethical Bond Fund.

Emerging market debt fund managers remain positive

Most of the managers of emerging market debt funds rated by Standard & Poor’s Fund Services are positive on the outlook for their sector and have been taking advantage of recent market uncertainty to increase their exposure.

Spread your money across different financial institutions

Savers who are nervous about entrusting their cash to a single financial institution and who still want a competitive rate of interest should consider a money market fund, says Fidelity International, manager of the UK’s largest and most popular cash fund.

Friends Provident International extends special offer

Friends Provident International (FPI) is extending the special offer to new investors on two of its regular premium savings plans.

Heating repairs could burn a hole in household budgets this winter

Brits face wasting over £64 million this winter on unnecessary boiler and heating system repair bills, according to uSwitch.com, the independent switching and price comparison service.

Four years on: James Hay turns wrap mainstream

James Hay today celebrates four years since it announced the launch of its Wrap proposition on 25 September 2003.

James Hay adds Neptune and Schroder funds to Wrap Platform

James Hay has added four new funds from Neptune and Schroders to its Wrap platform. The total number of funds now available on James Hay Wrap totals 1,212 from 54 different providers.

New strategy will invest in companies providing solutions to climate change

The Boston office of F&C Investments is expanding its sustainable investment product range with the launch of a new strategy investing in companies that provide the technologies and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and those that will help society address the reality of climate change.

Schroder Global Climate Change opens for business

The aim of the Fund is to provide long-term outperformance of the MSCI World Index from a concentrated portfolio of 50 to 80 stocks comprising the best stock ideas from the fund’s joint managers, Simon Webber and Matthew Franklin.

FCIT backs kids for capitalism

Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust is once again sponsoring the ifs School of Finance Student Investor Challenge.

'Pull to redemption' tantalises as fund yield hits 9.2 per cent

According to Peter Hewitt, manager of the F&C Progressive Growth Fund, Gross Redemption yields on high quality zero dividend preference shares have hit levels not seen since August 2004 but with significantly better levels of security.

'Abundance of liquidity' is helping insulate Asian markets

Speaking following the release of interim results to the London Stock Exchange for Pacific Assets Trust plc, F&C fund manager Peter Dalgliesh points out that investors in the region are less impacted by the credit turmoil that has hit the US, UK and Europe in recent weeks thanks to an "abundance of liquidity."