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AEGON launches retail share class for Inflation Linked Fund
AEGON Asset Management is launching a retail share class for its AEGON Inflation Linked Fund. The AEGON Inflation Fund, was originally launched in July for UK institutional investors, and is now opening to the wider market due to investor demand for such a product.
Picks, shovels and the shale gas phenomenon
The startling pace of shale gas production growth has seen output of this unconventional gas account for 20% of US gas production in 2009 - some 2.4 trillion cubic feet (tcf) - up from 1% in 2000.
Carne tempers exposure to fixed income
Paul Carne, who manages F&C's range of four Lifestyle funds, has continued to temper his exposure to cash and fixed income across the range in the last week as part of an ongoing process to increase exposure to equities.
Investors ride economic recovery via niche markets
Investors seeking to enhance their returns within the currenteconomic recovery should look to small and mid cap companies with exposure to emerging markets, according to BlackRock.
M&G Investments global Multi Asset Income Fund
M&G Investments is launching a global multi-asset fund that aims to deliver a high and rising income, as well as offering the potential for capital growth over the longer term.
Standard Life Investments makes substantial acquisition
Standard Life Investments, one of the largest property investors in Europe, has announced, on behalf of its UK Property Fund, the £13.8m acquisition of Rockingham Street Car Park, Sheffield, UK.
Do you buy Fairtrade? Why not consider ethical investment
Most people recycle their rubbish, the majority would avoid buying products that are tested on animals, or clothes produced in a sweat shop, while companies like Fairtrade, Ecover and Neal's Yard have made it easy for consumers to make ethical and green choices in their everyday lives.
S&P Fund Services assigns rating to Dominion Chic Fund
Standard & Poor's Fund Services announced that it has assigned an A fund management rating to the Dominion Chic Fund.
Investors to get to the core of the matter
The latest investor research conducted by J.P. Morgan Asset Management has found that more than one in ten (12%) investors never review their investment portfolios and a further quarter (24%) of investors say they only review their investments on an ad hoc basis ‘when they get around to it'.
GHC funds added to AXA Wealth’s Elevate platform
Elevate, AXA Wealth's wrap platform, has added eight funds from the Discretionary Manager GHC Fund Management Limited to its platform.
Legal & General Global Emerging Markets Index Fund
Legal & General Investments today launches the Global Emerging Markets Index Fund, managed by Robert Dowling.
UK equity income fund managers still see opportunities at home
While increasing numbers of fund managers have shifted their focus to companies that derive significant earnings from outside the UK, some remain sanguine on prospects closer to home, says Standard & Poor's Fund Services in its latest sector review.
Fidelity MoneyBuilder Income wins Virgin challenge
As Fidelity's MoneyBuilder Income Fund celebrates its 15th anniversary this month, a long-forgotten wager has been resurrected for the benefit of a children's cancer charity.
F&C Lifestyle added to Skandia Life Assurance platform
F&C's innovative Lifestyle multi-manager fund range is now available through Skandia Life Assurance company products.
Currency wars - beggar thy neighbour
The last few weeks have seen tension heighten significantly between nations over the issue of currency valuations and their effect on international trade. The main protagonists are, not surprisingly, the US and China, the two largest economies in the world.