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Completion of trust range accelerates evolution of FundsNetwork
Fidelity FundsNetwork has passed another development in its evolution from investment platform to business and financial planning service with the completion of its range of trusts.
European Court of Justice backs AIC and JP Morgan Claverhouse
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today found in favour of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) and JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc in declaring that the management expenses of investment trusts should be exempt from VAT in the same way as unit trusts and OEICs.
Successful first year for Royal London UK Strategic Growth Trust
The Royal London UK Strategic Growth Trust has had a very successful first year since it launched on 1st June 2006, delivering a one year return of 34.0% compared to an IMA UK All Sector return of 22.2%, with a 6th percentile ranking.
Ten years of Chancellor Gordon Brown
Shona Dobbie, Head of the Alliance Trust Research Centre, said: “While Gordon Brown’s economic record has been positive on balance, with reasonable growth, relatively low inflation and a rise in GDP per head, there are question-marks over how large a part Treasury policy played in creating this benign environment and whether his reforms have genuinely transformed our long-term economic prospects.”
Cash in on the smoking ban
As the UK's smokers mull the impending ban on lighting up in public, one incentive to stub out their last fag is the potential profits to be made from investing their ciggy money in the markets instead.
Alliance Trust reveals top investment trust choices
Alliance Trust, UK investment services provider, has published the results of its first quarter ‘Alliance Trust ISA Ranking’ for 2007.
Jupiter Green Investment Trust proposes C Share issue
The Board of Jupiter Green Investment Trust is pleased to announce proposals for a further issue of equity securities.
Double digit returns for JPMorgan European Fledgeling Investment Trust
A bottom-up investment process and a low inflationary environment have helped to drive performance for the award-winning JPMorgan European Fledgeling Investment Trust run by AA Citywire-rated co-managers Jim Campbell and Francesco Conte.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust increases dividend by 128%
Following the AIC's research into the dividend growth of global growth trusts, F&C would like to draw your attention to the Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust which has posted the strongest dividend growth in the sector, increasing by 128% over the past 10 years (42% higher than its nearest competitor).
Alliance Trust’s real growth strategy gathers pace
Alliance Trust PLC, has announced that its net asset value rose 39% to £2.8bn in the last financial year to 31 January 2007, following the successful merger with the Second Alliance Trust that created the UK’s largest generalist investment trust company.
Alliance Trust reveals top investment trust choices
The Alliance Trust ISA Ranking lists the most popular investment trusts that private investors have chosen for their ISA through Alliance Trust Savings, excluding investments in Alliance Trust PLC.
Child Trust Funds are 2 years old
CTFs are celebrating their second anniversary this week, with F&C options among the very top performers since launch. For example, a £250 investment in the best selling Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust two years ago would now be worth £374 while the F&C Global Smaller Companies trust would have climbed to £412.
£110,000 potential piggy bank for children not eligible for CTFs
As the Government celebrates the second anniversary of the launch of the Child Trust Fund (CTF), millions of parents whose children were not eligible for this savings account may be wishing the Government had given their offspring a birthday present too.
One year left to change your old trust
With the start of the new tax year just over one week away, Standard Life is highlighting that those with certain types of trust will have just one year left to consider making changes to them.
FundsNetwork adds two more multi-asset trusts to range
With trust-related cases already coming through the door just four weeks after launching the first of its Multi-Asset Trusts, Fidelity FundsNetworkTM, is pleased to announce the addition of two more trusts to its range.