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Alliance & Leicester launches new easy ISA account

Alliance & Leicester has launched a new competitive tax-free savings account. The Easy ISA is a cash ISA and is available immediately, at all Alliance & Leicester branches or online at alliance-leicester.co.uk.

Barclays Wealth boosts rates on new investment range

Barclays Wealth is launching an enhanced range of capital protected investments as ongoing market turbulence continues to complicate market timing calls and increase the risk of capital loss.

HSBC opens New Frontiers Fund

HSBC Global Asset Management is to open its New Frontiers fund to select institutional and high net worth investors.

New Europe - the best is yet to come

New Europe looks set for a sustainable period of solid growth driven by commodities, consumption and construction according to Oleg Biryulyov, manager of the JPMorgan New Europe Fund.

Abbey issues new fixed rate one year savings bond

Abbey Savings launches on Friday (4 July 2008) its latest one-year savings account for customers looking for a guaranteed return on an amount of money they can lock away for one year. This is a strictly limited offer and will be subject to availability.

Fundamentals driving oil price higher

Commenting on recent oil price trends, Angus McPhail, Global Oil and Natural Resources Analyst at Alliance Trust said: "Fundamentals rather than speculation are driving oil prices higher. Oil markets remain tightly controlled by supply and demand.

M&G American Fund finds cause for celebration in US market

As independence day approaches on 4th July, Aled Smith, manager of the M&G American Fund finds cause for celebration in the US market by focusing on bottom up stock selection.

Family Investments: HMRC Child Trust Fund statistics

HM Revenue and Customs has released the quarterly statistics for Child Trust Funds, revealing the number of CTF accounts opened by parents.

Jupiter: Current threats and opportunities in the US market

Sebastian Radcliffe, Manager of the Jupiter North American Income Fund, comments on current threats and opportunities in the US market.

Child Trust Fund rates cut despite savings price war

Parents investing their Child Trust Fund (CTF) money in cash accounts have seen average rates cut by 0.21% in a year despite the ongoing credit crunch boosting payouts across the savings market, analysis by MoneyExpert.com shows.

Precious ‘gems' - F&C backs Russia, Brazil and the Emirates

F&C Investments, a leading investor in emerging markets, is maintaining a selective approach within its global emerging markets (GEM) products following the recent sell-off.

Investors seek diversification through funds

The majority of investors invest in funds to achieve a diversified portfolio (63 per cent), according to research from Barclays Stockbrokers.

Schroders launches Global Emerging Market Equity Commodity Fund

Schroders has launched the Schroder ISF Global Emerging Market Equity Commodity Fund. The Fund will invest solely in emerging market commodity stocks and is designed to give investors exposure to some of the worlds fastest growing and most important commodity companies.

TUC continues to fuel myths

Responding to the TUC's sixth annual survey on fund manager voting, Richard Saunders, Chief Executive of the Investment Management Association, said: "The TUC survey finds that three quarters of fund managers responding to it make voting data available publicly.

Hard core of fund managers keep votes secret

A hard core of investment fund managers still refuse to reveal how they voted at company AGMs and unless this changes soon, the Government must use its reserve power to force fund managers to disclose their voting records in a standard form, says a new TUC report.