Investment Funds

Surge in M& A Buoys European Economic Sentiment

Spirits remain high amongst European investors following a quarter in which the value of announced acquisitions amongst European companies exceeded those in the U.S. The volume of global mergers and acquisitions surged during the first half of the year led by the announced takeover of ABN AMRO in Europe.

Energy sector gains as IEA warns of oil supply shortage

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is warning that that the oil price could reach record levels within the next five years as the world faces a ‘supply crunch’. The policy advisory group reports that supplies have been falling from mature markets, such as the UK’s North Sea, while there have been delays in establishing new supplies from emerging markets such as Russia.

Pan European Accelerando Fund celebrates 3 years outstanding performance

Threadneedle's Pan European Accelerando Fund was launched three years ago and, since then, it has delivered a total return of 105.70% versus 82.48% from the MSCI Europe Index.

Old Mutual Global Equity Market Neutral Fund wins HFR Award

Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK) (‘OMAM’) announces that the Old Mutual Global Equity Market Neutral Fund (USD) was awarded first place in the Best Equity Market Neutral Hedge Fund on a Risk-adjusted Basis category in the 2007 HFR European Performance Awards.

Legal & General Investment Management warns of market turbulence ahead

At a Fundamentals briefing James Carrick stated that government bond yields have risen above the long-run rate of economic return in the developed world for the first time since 1999, increasing the risk of financial market turbulence.

Annual emerging market debt funds review

Nine years into the amazing emerging markets debt bull run, a new survey from Standard & Poor’s Fund Services, the leading provider of qualitative fund ratings, has some steadying remarks for investors starting to question how much longer the sector can continue to beat other asset classes.

James Hay adds 16 new AXA Framlington and Close Finsbury Funds

James Hay has added 16 new funds to its Wrap platform. The total number of funds now available on James Hay Wrap totals 1,194 from 51 different providers.

Further fall in investor confidence

Investor confidence has fallen for a second consecutive quarter according to the results from the latest Standard Life Savings & Investment Index.

Stock selection key to delivering performance from UK mid caps

Ashton Bradbury, Head of UK Mid & Small Caps at Old Mutual Asset Managers (‘OMAM’) and manager of the top performing Old Mutual UK Select Mid Cap Fund, believes that good stock selection will be the key to driving good returns from the mid and small cap sector going forward.

Gartmore Cautious Managed Fund update

Having held an overweight exposure to equities over the past year, the Gartmore Cautious Managed Fund effectively moved to an underweight exposure in June.

African Adventure

Fund manager Phil Doel reports a period of buoyant activity on the F&C UK Select Trust plc and F&C UK Opportunities Fund, bringing in some new ideas both of which have strong overseas themes.

Sub-prime crisis generates distressed debt opportunities

As confidence in the structured credit market plummets in response to the ever worsening crisis in US sub prime mortgages, the implications for the wider credit market are far reaching warns Francois Barthelemy, of F&C Partners, manager of the F&C Event Driven Limited.

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