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L&G Property completes purchase of Cardinal Leisure Park
Legal & General Property announces that it has acquired Cardinal Leisure Park, Commercial Road, Ipswich, on behalf of its Linked Pensions Fund, from PRUPIM for circa £19.4 million, representing a net initial yield of 8.4%.
New Brazilian tax creating short term volatility
The Brazilian Government's introduction of the 2% IOF tax on foreign exchange inflows will create short-term headwinds for both local equities and the Brazilian Real (BRL).
Barclays Wealth reissues Target Growth Plan
Barclays Wealth is reissuing its Target Growth Plan with a new structure which eliminates the investment's capital-at-risk element if the FTSE 100 rises by a set amount at any point during the investment term.
Barclays Wealth reissues three mainstay investments
Barclays Wealth is launching new issues of its Minimum Return Plan, UK Super Tracker and Regular Income Bond.
Standard Life makes first property acquisition in Brazil
Standard Life Investments, one of the largest property investors in Europe, announced that it has made its first direct investment in the Brazilian real estate market with the acquisition of a multi-let office property in Sao Paulo for c.R$15m.
Invesco celebrates 25 years of Global Smaller Companies Fund
Leading fund manager Invesco Perpetual is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the Invesco Perpetual Global Smaller Companies Fund.
Global Emerging Markets: No longer a niche investment
BlackRock's Daniel Tubbs, fund manager in BlackRock's Global Emerging Markets team, believes that the powerful and resilient growth of emerging markets, and the benefits of a young and growing population becoming steadily wealthier, make global emerging markets an enduringly attractive investment.
Threadneedle: Outlook for US Equities
Cormac Weldon, Head of US Equities, Threadneedle UK: Threadneedle's US equity team has developed a successful approach to managing money that has allowed it to attract significant asset flows in the past two years.
High yield investors return to riskier credits
Over the first three quarters of 2009 high yield markets have experienced the highest total return in a generation.
The Share Centre: It's time to get back into commercial property
Following news of the first monthly capital growth in commercial property funds for over two years, Sheridan Admans, investment adviser at The Share Centre explains why now could be the right time to buy into commercial property funds and highlights two for consideration.
LV= reprices Balanced Consensus Fund
Pensions and investment specialist LV= has repriced its Balanced Consensus Fund from 25bps to 13bps, to help make the ‘default' offering on the various research comparison systems (for example Pensions Profiler and Selectapension) even more competitive for IFAs.
Newton Asian Income Fund
Andy Parsons, Advice team manager at The Share Centre, explains how investors looking to generate additional income while adding some spice to their portfolio, could benefit from the Newton Asian Income fund.
F&C Active Return Fund exceeds target during first year
F&C Active Return Fund, an open-ended mutual fund launched in October 2008 to make some of the derivative investment strategies successfully employed by the F&C Alternative Investment team available to a wider universe, has successfully achieved a 12-month track record.
Legal & General Property passes £100 million milestone
Legal & General Property, announces that it has completed over £110 million of acquisitions as part of its major investment drive to take advantage of the market volatility and capture the rare opportunities that are now unfolding.
Forecasts might underestimate Russia's economic recovery in 2010
President Dmitry Medvedev painted a gloomy picture of the Russian economy this weekend by admitting the country will be hit harder than expected, with GDP dropping by around 7.5% this year, compared to earlier forecasts of 3 to 3.5%.