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MLC and Standard Life Wrap form Partnership
MLC, the 3rd largest specialist manager of managers investment house in the world is pleased to announce an alliance with the Standard Life Wrap platform service.
Fidelity’s retirement microsite wins award
Fidelity International’s retirement microsite,rewritingretirment.com, has been named best online creative in the Online Finance Awards 2007, hosted by IFAonline.
Will the US investment market come home for Thanksgiving?
With Thanksgiving due on 22 November, Ana Rivero, Head of Strategy at Santander Asset Management, looks at the prospects for the US investment market: Says Rivero: “Investing in the US stock market this year has proved quite a journey so far.
Nationwide launches new range of fixed rate bonds
Nationwide Building Society has launched a new range of Fixed Rate Bonds offering highly competitive rates and guaranteed returns for savers.
F&C welcomes new ESG guidelines for Dutch Pension funds
F&C welcomes the publication of a handbook by the Dutch associations of pension funds (VB, OPF and UvB), advising pension funds on how to approach ethical investments at a time when public scrutiny about the sustainability of the investment portfolios of some of the country's largest schemes is at its highest.
Gartmore SICAV Global Focus Fund awarded five star rating
The Gartmore SICAV Global Focus Fund has just celebrated its three year anniversary with the timely award of a five star rating from Morningstar. The Fund, which was launched on 29 October 2004, is an unconstrained Global “Best Ideas” equity fund.
Top ten retail investor buys & sells for week ending 16 November 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: Once again, the financial services sector dominated market news and investor activity this week with Northern Rock, RBS, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and Alliance & Leicester featuring in TD Waterhouse’s Top 10 Buys.
JPMAM scoops best group award at Investment Week Awards 2007
JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM), the leading investment trust provider, is delighted to announce that the investment house has won the ‘Group of the Year’ award at the prestigious Investment Week Investment Trusts of the Year Awards 2007.
F&C re-launch investment trust website
F&C has re-launched its investment trust website with a clearer more user-friendly design.
Fixed income fights back
Fixed income stocks were buoyed last month by the expectation of rate cuts but lack of liquidity and clarity over valuations remain a major concern said Fatima Luis, manager of the F&C Strategic Bond Fund.
Green investors tell US law makers: "we want a new Energy Bill"
While much attention is focused on the introduction of the British Government's Climate Change Bill to parliament, major City investors are also stepping up pressure on the US congress to follow suit with an Energy Bill.
Alternative energy sources look attractive as oil nears $100 a barrel
The rise of the oil price, to over $90 a barrel, has forced an upsurge of interest in companies developing alternative technologies for power generation. Within the emerging markets, a number of organisations are exploring applications which allow the conversion of energy from the sun into electricity.
BHP Billiton offer underlines the attractions of miners
UK mining stocks have returned to the fore after Rio Tinto rebuffed a £67bn bid from rival BHP Billiton on 8 November.
80% of households do not invest in the stock market
People are put off stock market investments through lack of knowledge or fear of falls in investment markets, with the majority preferring bank or building society savings or property investments, according to a survey by Riley, the individually insured investment from Royal London.
Abbey issues new fixed-term savings bonds
Abbey Savings has launched its latest tranche of fixed-term savings accounts for customers looking for a guaranteed return on an amount of money they can lock away for a set time.