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Has market volatility increased opportunities for hedge funds?
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) recently hosted a press roundtable lunch on the investment company Hedge Fund sector with BH Marco and Tapestry Investment Company.
SLI'S EPGF to fund 70m Tarawa Retail park in Poland
Standard Life Investments, one of the largest property investors in Europe, has signed an agreement with developers Helical Poland to fund a 170m retail park near Opole in Poland.
Barclays launches new suite of protected investments
Barclays Wealth, one of the UK's leading suppliers of capital protected investments, is launching a new suite of plans for investors seeking shelter from ongoing market volatility.
High prices benefit rice exporters
The Asian middle class consumer remains the main attraction to investing in the region, despite alarming headlines about the recent acceleration in rising soft commodity prices and their negative impact on the average household budget.
Beatles, Beckham and... bonus schemes
As shareholders around the world pore over thousands of ballots for this year's proxy voting season, the US will see its first-ever UK-style advisory vote on pay, when investors in Aflac, a mid-sized insurer, becomes the first US company to invite its owners to approve its compensation report.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust AGM
In his presentation speech to investors fund manager Jeremy Tigue outlined his thoughts on the credit crunch and where markets are going this year: "2007 was one of our best years in the last one hundred and forty but that is history now.
Oil industry faces challenge of deep water extraction
Global demand for energy is pushing the frontier of oil exploration into deep-water locations below the ocean floor. In these locations, the water is too deep for operators to use conventional freestanding steel platforms.
Chinese banks post sharp increases in profits
Chinese banks have posted strong results for the first quarter of 2008, helped by robust lending, strong growth of wealth management products and a cut in the corporate tax rate from 33% to 25% in January 2008.
Family Investments welcomes CTF podcast from HMRC
Family Investments, the UK's leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) provider with more than half a million accounts, has welcomed the launch of HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC) new CTF podcast.
Investors not cautious about total return
JPMorgan Asset Management has announced that the JPM Cautious Total Return Fund is seeing its best sales growth ever, having doubled its assets under management from around £200m in August 2007 to over £400m today.
Abbey issues new fixed rate one year bond
Abbey Savings launches 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.
TD Waterhouse customers speculate on UK house builders
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments: "This week's trading activity from our customers shows some positive investor sentiment, with 25% more buy trades than sells.
LV= and Lighthouse Group announce fund distribution deal
LV= Asset Management (LVAM), the fund management arm of mutual insurance and investment group LV=, and Lighthouse Group have agreed a distribution deal for four proposed OEIC sub-funds.
Chinese growth to be sustained in the medium and long term
Baring Asset Management (Barings) believes that problems in credit markets will not derail the long-term secular growth story in China and Asia.
SWIP adds new fund to Select Boutiques
JOHCM UK Opportunities Fund, managed by John Wood, has been selected by the SWIP Multi Manager team for addition to the UK equity blend of the fund, which currently accounts for 50% of SWIP Multi Manager Select Boutique's total allocation.