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TD Waterhouse launches new rate card
TD Waterhouse – one of the UK’s largest execution-only brokers – today announces a new price format for its investment products and services.
Standard Life Investments’ strong performance goes global
The performance of its international funds helped leading investment house, Standard Life Investments see 78% of its pooled pension fund range outperform their respective peer groups over the last 12 months to 30th September 2007, according to new Russell/Mellon figures.
Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust Final Results
Peter Jarvis, fund manager of Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust, said: "Looking forward from here we remain relatively positive on the outlook for European shares but are aware that earnings are not likely to support the market the way that they have since 2003.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 2 November 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: The Competition Commission released provisional findings this week in light of an investigation into the UK grocery market, with Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket group, under the spotlight.
Abbey issues new short term savings ebonds
Abbey Savings has launched its latest tranche of short-term fixed savings accounts for customers looking for a guaranteed return on an amount of money they can lock away for the short term.
Derbyshire launches new 1-year fixed rate bond
Derbyshire Building Society has launched a new "1-year" fixed rate bond paying annual interest of 6.90% Gross/AER (5.52% net).
AEGON’s ‘5 for Life’ offers increased control and certainty
AEGON has announced a number of new enhancements to its ‘5 for Life’ retirement solution.
CTFs create head start for children
The Child Trust Fund (CTF) scheme is creating a new generation of responsible savers and encouraging their parents to become the same, according to research from Family Investments.
UK Government gives up in £300m VAT battle with AIC
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) and JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust plc have formally won their lengthy legal test case against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that investment trusts should be exempt from VAT on management expenses.
Scott finds value in banks
Banks now look fairly valued according to F&C's Ted Scott who has increased his position in financials in the Stewardship Growth and Stewardship Income funds since a wider range of financial companies were allowed into the funds.
Clean tech attractive despite "bubble" concerns
The widely debated 'green bubble' is building up around selected alternative energy stocks but there are still many attractive opportunities in climate change-related investments, according to Terry Coles, co-manager of the F&C Global Climate Opportunities Fund.
Signs of dissent at the Fed
Yesterday's 25 basis point cut in US interest rates was widely anticipated says Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation at F&C, but the jury is still out as to whether the easing cycle has ended.
Bovespa IPO highlights Brazil’s economic strength
Shares in the Bovespa stock exchange are trading more than 35%¹ higher one week after its IPO raised $3.7bn. The flotation of the Sao Paulo-based exchange, Latin America’s largest, demonstrated investor appetite for exposure to Brazilian equity trading.
Tightening credit conditions alter trajectory of global growth
Roger Guy and Guillaume Rambourg, co-managers of the Gartmore European Selected Opportunities Fund and the Gartmore SICAV Continental European Fund, remain cautiously optimistic about the outlook for European equities.
Excellent first year for RLAM's "best ideas" bond fund
The Royal London UK Strategic Bond Trust has enjoyed a very strong first year since it launched on 29th September 2006, achieving its outperformance target of 2.5% in excess of the iBoxx Sterling Non-Gilts All Maturities Index benchmark.