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Henderson Indirect Property Fund Europe reopens

The Henderson Indirect Property Fund Europe ("HIP" or the "Fund"), Henderson Global Investors' European property fund-of-funds, has reopened the calculation of its NAV pricing and is open for investment by institutional investors from 26 April 2010. HIP now has over €50 million to invest in new opportunities and has benefitted from the revocation of over 70% of the redemption requests on the Fund.

JPMAM launches JPMorgan Brazil Investment Trust

J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced the launch of the JPMorgan Brazil Investment Trust.

Friends Provident hits funds landmark

Following a succession of new corporate pensions scheme wins, Friends Provident now has over £10bn funds on its new generation pensions platform, marking a significant landmark for the provider.

LV= adds new funds to insured pension fund platform

Life and pensions specialist LV= has announced that it will be adding eight new funds with Threadneedle to its insured pension fund platform.

Fidelity MoneyBuilder Growth receives AA rating from S&P

Fidelity International is pleased to announce that S&P has awarded Fidelity MoneyBuilder Growth fund an AA rating after a successful fund manager transition.

Silver lining to the volcanic ash cloud?

The cost to businesses of the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption has gathered much attention over the past week.

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.

TD Waterhouse customers fly to BA

Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments: "For the first time in five weeks, sells edged ahead of buys increasing 87% compared to last week's activity.

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.

Savers rush to utilise ISA limits, despite rates remaining low

The new tax year has only just begun and consumers have the chance to benefit from another year's ISA allowance. From April 6th 2010 consumers have been given an increased ISA limit of £10,200; £5,100 of which can be invested in a cash ISA.

Tesco sees trading profits rise 13%

Tesco has announced pre-tax profits of £3.4bn for the 12 months ending 27 February 2010. Graham Spooner, investment adviser at The Share Centre, comments on the results and explains what this mean to investors.

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.

Confusion over cash ISA interest rates

Following a cash ISA super-complaint lodged by Consumer Focus, research by money.co.uk has revealed the full extent of consumer confusion surrounding cash ISAs, revealing that as much as 83% of cash ISAs from 2009 or earlier could be earning interest of 0.1% or less.

Legal & General offers 50% cashback to earlybird ISA investors

Legal & General, one of the UK's largest stocks and shares ISA providers, is offering 50% cashback on annual management charges for new ISA investments made before 30 April 2010.