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Legal & General Fund announcement
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has announced changes to the portfolio construction of the Japanese Trust and the Pacific Growth Trust.
AEGON Scottish Equitable extends trust range
AEGON Scottish Equitable has extended its trust range with the launch of the Bare Discounted Gift Trust. This new trust enables the investor to make a gift that will be exempt from IHT after 7 years, whilst also keeping access to the trust via predetermined regular withdrawals from the underlying bond.
Hangover from the banking crisis will be long and profound
Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation at F&C, comments: In less than three weeks the credit crunch has been transformed into a financial maelstrom, destroying some of the best known and longest established names on Wall Street and, over recent days, taking some large European casualties on the way.
Barclays Wealth launches new Defined Returns Plans
Barclays Wealth is launching two new Defined Returns Plans as it seeks to offer investors in unprotected equities greater security and certainty amid continued market turmoil.
IMA calls for a certain, predictable and simple tax regime
In its pre-Budget representations, the Investment Management Association (IMA) highlights the issues impacting the competitiveness of the UK industry; the need for a fair, non-discriminatory treatment of offshore investment; a certain, predictable and simplified tax environment; and initiatives to encourage savings and wise management of retirement income.
Give your kids a financial kick start
Blink and before you know it your children are heading towards adulthood and becoming increasingly demanding on family finances.
A&L launches one year fixed rate bond paying 6.50%
Alliance & Leicester has launched a new fixed rate bond paying 6.50% gross on lump sum investments between £1,000 and £10,000, which replaces the Premier Regular Saver.
Commodity prices ease back from record highs
Commodity prices have eased back from record high prices, according to new research from Clerical Medical tracking the price performance of twenty major commodities.
Barclays launches new commodities protected investment
Barclays Wealth is launching a new issue of its Commodity Select protected investment, which offers access to a highly diversified range of individual commodities supported by full capital protection. This is the third issue in the Commodity Select series.
AAA award for SLI's UK Equity Growth Fund
Leading fund manager, Standard Life Investments, celebrates news that its £320m UK Equity Growth Fund has been awarded a ‘AAA' rating by Standard & Poor's.
Good news from Washington is desperately needed, says F&C
Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation, comments: We have moved from outright panic last week on fears of financial failures, into euphoria as details of concerted US action emerged, back into a jittery and nervous market as investors await details of the planned TARP (Troubled Assets Relief Programme).
TD Waterhouse helps customers to capitalise on US market volatility
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments: Last week's news is still resonating with TD Waterhouse customers as trading volumes have propelled to dizzying heights, leaping 64% since last week.
Calls for more protection for Brazil's minority shareholders
For the second time in less than a month, F&C has been joined by a group of leading institutional investors, to call for greater protection for minority shareholders in Brazil.
Growing concern on UK corruption
The notable drop in the UK's rating - to 7.7 from 8.4 - in the 2008 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published recently by Transparency International raises the question of whether corruption is a growing problem in Britain.
More transparent banks "good news for bondholders"
Following the collapse of Lehman's and the AIG bail-out, concerns over possible further bank failures persist and investors now need to consider how comfortable they are with their current exposure.