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Royal London’s Riley offers investment protection in uncertain markets

During the current stockmarket volatility, investors in Riley, the individually insured investment from Royal London, can enjoy greater peace of mind with the option to insure some or all of their investment against possible stockmarket falls.

SWIP comments on Federal Reserve rate cut

Comment from Sebastian Mackay, Senior Economist, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) on the global economy following the announcement by the Federal Reserve to cut the interest rate at which it lends money to banks:

Market cheers US discount rate cut

Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation, at F&C Investments comments on today's cut in the discount rate by the US Federal Reserve: "The US Federal Reserve has today cut its discount rate (the rate at which the central bank makes direct loans to banks) by 50bps today to 5.75% from 6.25%.

US fed cut provides “sense of relief for investors” says Threadneedle

Any normalisation in conditions should prompt investors to refocus on the fundamentals of solid earnings growth and attractive valuations.

Fidelity global bond portfolios move overweight credit, underweight Eurozone government bonds

Fidelity’s global bond portfolio managers have continued to see the current bond market volatility as an opportunity for selective buying opportunities and have identified credit opportunities in investment grade corporate bonds in the insurance and telecoms sectors as well as the emerging markets.

Ashburton: View on current bond and equity markets

Peter Lucas, Global Strategist, offers his views on current bond and equity markets and Ashburton’s investment strategy:

New Star comment on recent market volatility

New Star’s joint CIO’s, Gregor Logan and Stephen Whittaker, give comment on the recent market volatility:

Hedge funds circle distressed debt opportunities

In a week which saw money market fund Sentinel Management take action to suspend hedge fund redemptions and Goldman Sachs join forces with a group of investors to bail out its Global Equity Opportunity hedge fund with an injection of $3bn cash, Nick Sparks of F&C Partners believes the autumn will bring a swathe of new opportunities for hedge funds.

Credit opportunities are on their way – but wait for now

As credit markets reel from the impact of the crisis in the sub prime mortgage market, Fatima Luis, Citywire AA-rated manager of the F&C Strategic Bond Fund, said that despite widening corporate bond spreads it's too early to dive back in to the corporate credit market.

Market pain will continue as 'earnings bubble' is set to burst

The current turmoil in the markets – which today (16 August) saw the FTSE 100 slip below the key 6000 support barrier - is set to continue, according to one of the UK's top fund managers.

Arcelor Mittal – Strength in steel

In October 2005, Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg, co Managers of Gartmore’s £2 billion European Selected Opportunities Fund raised their exposure to the French steel-maker Arcelor. The Funds have benefited from this decision ever since.

Don’t overlook Cisco in search for ‘new Google’

Amid recent share falls, there has been at least one bright spot recently. Wall Street's most eagerly awaited technology flotation since Google’s listing in 2004 more than met investor expectations, with shares in software company VMware leaping 86% on their 14th August debut.

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