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Banking on BBVA
Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg, co managers of the Gartmore European Selected Opportunities Fund and the Gartmore SICAV Continental European Fund, target Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) as a good investment candidate.
Now may be the time to boost small cap exposure
Now may be the time for investors to boost their exposure to UK small cap stocks, says Resolution Asset Management's David Clark.
Inflation impacts on Asian outlook
As the international community continues focusing on China's emergency response to this week's devastating earthquake, analysts try to evaluate the potential economic impact of the catastrophe.
Eurozone fundamentals still sound
Current market conditions provide attractive opportunities in European stocks that can withstand the global headwinds, according to Peter Jarvis, manager of the Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust.
Inflationary pressure to continue hitting consumer pockets
Following yesterday's quarterly inflation report by the Bank of England, Ted Scott, manager of the F&C UK Growth & Income Fund is not surprised by the UK central bank's forecast inflation figure of 3.7% for this year.
F&C Lifestyle fund range goes live with Standard Life
Links to F&C's Lifestyle fund range have been established on all of Standard Life's products. These include Standard Life's Onshore and Offshore Investment Bonds, individual and group pension plans and its Fundzone platform.
Gartmore's Bond Funds raise financial exposure
Karl Bergqwist and Simon Surtees, Gartmore's co-heads of fixed income and managers of the Gartmore Corporate Bond Fund and Gartmore High Yield Corporate Bond Fund believe the worst may be over for the financials sector and have been adding to their positions in the bonds of a number of banks and other financial institutions.
RAM Asia Pacific desk will not ‘retreat' into defensive stocks
Resolution Asset Management's head of Asia Pacific Andrea McNee believes shifting towards a value style would be a mistake in current market conditions.
Triple digit oil is here to stay, says Threadneedle
Having been a little over $20 at the outbreak of the second Gulf War in 2003 and just over $50 at the start of 2007, the price of a barrel of oil broke through $100 at the end of February and has carried on rising since.
Legal & General and Canada Life agree Galaxy Portfolio
The Galaxy Portfolio which comprises over 1 million sq ft of assets across the main user sectors has been sold by Legal & General Property to Canada Life.
Investors call for improvements in Japanese corporate governance
Despite significant improvements among a number of leading Japanese companies, the system of governance in most listed companies in Japan is failing to meet the needs of shareholders, according to a White Paper on corporate governance practices in Japan published by the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA).
Threadneedle: Recent progress of UK equities will be hard to maintain
Leigh Harrison, Head of UK Equities and manager of the Threadneedle UK Equity Alpha Income Fund, explains: "We've come a long way in a short space of time, but that move has been fuelled largely by relief that the authorities have managed to prevent complete meltdown in the financial system.
EU stock prices up 118% over the past five years
New research from Halifax Financial Services, analysing stock price indices across the 27 members of the European Union over the last five years, shows that stock prices across the EU have increased by an average of 118% since 2003.
Schroders: Impact of Chinese earthquake
An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan province in southwest China yesterday (May 12th). The origin of the earthquake was in Wenchuan county, about 100 km to the northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu.
New Star: April inflation data
Simon Ward, chief economist at New Star, comments on today's inflation data: Today's inflation figures are shocking but should not have come as a complete surprise given recent warning signals.