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IMA: Short selling
The Investment Management Association (IMA) considers that short selling of bank shares is neither the sole nor the principal reason for the falls in the price of certain shares in recent weeks.
Banking melting pot draws in TD Waterhouse customers in droves
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments: "In the ten years that TD Waterhouse has been operating in the UK, this has been one of the most interesting and unpredictable weeks we have seen.
The Share Centre: Lloyds TSB and HBOS merger
Commenting on the planned £12.2bn takeover of Lloyds TSB and Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS), Graham Spooner, Investment Adviser at The Share Centre, said:
SPA ETF partners with Caixa - Banco de Investimento
SPA ETF, the pioneering Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) provider, is pleased to announce the signing of a breakthrough agreement with NYSE Euronext and leading Portuguese bank Caixa - Banco de Investimento(CaixaBI), to list and distribute the first ever ETF in Portugal.
Market update post AIG rescue
Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation at F&C, comments: American International Group, AIG, became the latest financial firm to take centre stage in the ongoing turmoil in global financial markets.
Students could benefit from experience of financial meltdown
As the world enters the worst financial crisis since the 1929 Wall Street crash, one organisation is viewing the problems as a real learning opportunity for young people.
Santander wins £1.5 billion Family Investments mandate
Leading friendly society, Family Investments, has appointed Santander Asset Management UK to manage its £1.5 billion investment portfolio.
Market update post collapse of Lehman Brothers
Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation at F&C: The list of casualties of the credit crisis worsened over the weekend, as both Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch joined the growing number of financial institutions that have not been able to survive the deepening credit crunch.
Weekend turmoil in financial markets
John Greenwood, Invesco Chief Economist, gave the following comment in response to the news:
AXA and AEGON link to additional Fidelity Funds
Fidelity International announces that AXA Wealth Management and AEGON have increased the range of Fidelity Funds available on their offshore bond and life and pensions products.
Fixed rate bond boom is over
Michelle Slade, analyst at Moneyfacts.co.uk, comments: "Earlier this year, fixed rate bonds were paying some of the highest rates ever seen, but as the pressure in the money markets eases, rates have started to decline.
Schools offered cash to compete in stock market challenge
Schools across the country are being invited to enter the sixth annual Shares4Schools investment competition run by retail stockbroker, The Share Centre.
What Lehman Brothers' collapse means for UK Investors
Graham Spooner, Investment Adviser at The Share Centre comments on the knock-on effect for the UK banking sector, as US investment bank, Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy.
Institutional investors urged to join forces to stop unconventional fossil fuels extraction
The Co-operative Asset Management is urging more than 20 Institutional investors to join forces to exert pressure on the oil companies leading the rush to exploit unconventional oils.
Nationwide offers L&G Capital Guaranteed Multi-Index Equity Bond
With effect from today, Monday 15 September 2008, Nationwide will offer a new Legal & General L&G) Capital Guaranteed Multi-Index Equity Bond (GEB).