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F&C European Equity Team positive on banks
Banks remain a highly topical and contentious issue, with the focus shifting intermittently between too high charges, too little lending and bankers' remuneration.
SWIP and OVG lease Vancouver Building
SWIP on behalf of its European Balanced Property Fund has leased the 12,000 sq.m Vancouver office building on the Laan op Zuid in Rotterdam.
S&P new long term designation for fund management ratings
Standard & Poor's Fund Services, one of the leading providers of qualitative fund management ratings, today announced that it has launched a new long term fund management designation in order to acknowledge those funds which have retained a fund rating for a minimum of five consecutive years.
Fund in Focus: Threadneedle Latin America
Sheridan Admans, investment adviser at The Share Centre, explains how investors looking for capital growth and exposure to Latin America, could benefit from the Threadneedle Latin America fund.
L&G recruit Standard Life Investments' GARS Fund
Leading fund manager and provider of multi-asset solutions, Standard Life Investments announced that its Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) Fund has been added to Legal & General's Portfolio Plus Pensions and Portfolio Bond range.
Threadneedle European High Yield Bond Fund
The Threadneedle European High Yield Bond Fund, which celebrated its 10 year anniversary in March, has delivered an outstanding performance against its peer group median since its launch in March 2000.
iShares eclipses $500 billion in assets under management
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) announced its Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) platform, iShares, has reached global Assets under Management (AUM) of US$509 billion as of March 31, 2010.
Fund managers find opportunities among small-and mid-caps
As clustering among UK equity income funds remains, managers are finding better prospects of dividend and capital growth among small- and mid-caps, according to Standard and Poor's Fund Services in its latest update on the sector.
Aberdeen Emerging Markets
Andy Parsons, Advice team manager at The Share Centre, explains how investors looking for long-term capital growth from direct or indirect investment in emerging markets, could benefit from the Aberdeen Emerging Markets fund.
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC
Fidelity International has confirmed that Fidelity China Special Situations has been one of the most successful new fund listings in the UK market during the last 20 years. This follows confirmation by the Board of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC that the Initial Public Offering has raised £460 million.
Horsfall benefits from Arrow Energy and looks to solar for volume play
Arrow Energy's share price soared last month, after a bid from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina which upon revision was recommended by the company - a welcome outcome for F&C's Sophie Horsfall, who holds the stock in both the F&C Stewardship International OEIC fund and F&C Global Climate Opportunities SICAV fund.
Threadneedle expands SICAV range
Threadneedle has added two new specialist equity funds to its SICAV range: the Threadneedle (Lux) Global Technology Fund, and the Threadneedle (Lux) US Communications and Information Fund (as of 12 March 2010).
Legal & General launches £1bn UK Property Income Fund
New investment platform targeted at European investors looking to take advantage of opportunities in the UK real estate market.
Brazil is pick of the BRIC’s, says Armstrong
Armstrong Investment Managers LLP (AIM), a Global Macro Multi-Asset investor has taken significant exposure to Brazilian Equities in the funds they manage and in their advisory mandates, while shunning the other BRIC countries of Russia, China & India.
Emerging markets: Looking ahead in 2010
Emerging markets have made a strong start to the year. Chris Palmer, Gartmore's Head of Global Emerging Markets, reports on the main themes arising from his recent trip to Taiwan.