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HSBC Global Emerging Market Debt funds receive S&P AA Rating
The HSBC GIF GEM Bond and HSBC GIF GEM Local Debt funds have received AA Fund Management ratings from Standard & Poor's.
Emerging markets debt issuance soars
In the first half of this year emerging market countries and companies sold US$ 79 billion of international bonds, with Colombia raising US$2 billion - the most in two years according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Investors gain wider access to UK Property Fund
Standard Life Investments, one of the largest property fund managers in Europe, today confirmed that it is making its UK Property Fund available to a wider range of investors as a stand alone investment vehicle.
Friends Provident International embraces volatility
Friends Provident International is launching new investment-linked funds that give investors the opportunity to utilise stock market volatility as part of their investment portfolio.
SWIP Pan European Smaller Companies Fund ‘A’ rated
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership's (SWIP's) Pan European Smaller Companies fund has been awarded an A rating by Old Broad Street Research (OBSR), a leading qualitative investment research company in the UK retail funds market.
Henderson's Herald Fund enters UK market
Henderson Global Investors, announces that its pan-European retail property fund, Herald, has acquired the Stanley Green Retail Park in Wilmslow, Manchester, from Aviva Investors for £35.6 million, representing a net initial yield of 7%.
Use of index tracking funds set to expand
Index tracking funds are set to become more popular in coming years, according to research conducted by HSBC Global Asset Management.
Cheeseman adds Nevsky Global Emerging Markets fund
F&C's Multi-Manager team have added the Nevsky Global Emerging Markets Fund to their Lifestyle Growth portfolio and both the Multi-Manager Growth and Balanced fund of fund products.
A new film on Exchange Traded Funds
iShares, the world's leading Exchange Traded Fund provider, has produced the market's latest film on ETFs, providing an introduction into how the products work and how they can be used by all types of investor.
Barclays Wealth reissues Defined Returns Plan
Barclays Wealth is reissuing its popular Defined Returns Plan (Capital Protected) with three investment options for cautious investors seeking fixed returns and full capital protection.
High debt levels suggest prolonged WWW-shaped recovery
Stuart Thomson, economist at Ignis Asset Management, comments: "The preliminary Q2 GDP report was better than we had expected and out of line with the aggregate hours data, which has been a better predictor of final GDP than the preliminary data over the past few quarters.
Strong pound may harm overseas investment returns
New research by Interactive Investor shows that in 2009 those invested in an American fund, based on the performance of the S&P, may, despite a 9.3 percent market return year-to-date, actually have lost over 5 percent.
Barclays Wealth reissues Target Growth Plan
Barclays Wealth is reissuing its Target Growth Plan for investors seeking to gain an attractive fixed return even if the FTSE 100 delivers negligible or negative growth over the next five years.
F&C: Growth likely to be stunted for sometime
Having enjoyed a significant rally since early March, European equity markets appear to think that the recession is over and that normal business is resumed.
New prescription for emerging markets
With the Obama administration facing the twin problems of uninsured Americans and costly healthcare, the US domestic ‘cash cow' for pharmaceutical companies may be headed for leaner times.