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Abbey launches new capital guaranteed deposit bonds

Abbey has launched a new issue of capital guaranteed deposit bonds. The bonds guarantee the full return of capital at maturity and different benefits depending on the link to the underlying investment.

F&C comments on Tullow Oil FTSE 100 listing

Phil Doel, manager of the F&C UK Opportunities fund, comments on the inclusion of Irish oil and gas exploration and production company Tullow Oil in the FTSE 100 index. "Tullow Oil has been promoted to the FTSE100 Index as a result of a significant recent increase in its market capitalisation.

TD Waterhouse offers free administration on ISA and PEP accounts

TD Waterhouse, one of the UK’s leading execution-only brokers, will offer free administration for ISA and PEP trading accounts in a move to increase value and service to customers.

Alliance Trust net asset value rises

Alliance Trust PLC, announced today that the net asset value of the Company rose 3.1% to £2,915m in the six months to 31 July 2007.

Savers to switch £57bn to take advantage of credit crunch rates

Britons are considering switching over £57 billion worth of savings to take advantage of strong rates caused by global financial market conditions, according to research by Abbey Savings.

Investors chip away at Northern Rock

The Share Centre, has reported a 591% increase on last week’s account openings as investors have swooped to take advantage of a weaker Northern Rock share price.

Independent women lead the latest wave of share traders

While investment has traditionally been a male dominated world, new research by share dealing expert Alliance Trust shows a significant trend of female investors emerging in the early ‘noughties’.

Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 21 September 2007

Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: There are no prizes for guessing the most traded stock on our top ten buys and sells list this week, as the funding difficulties surrounding mortgage lender Northern Rock dominated the market news.

Family Investments launches the Baby Name Game

Princess Tiaamii, Bluebell Madonna, Brooklyn, Kal-El, Jermajesty or Apple: what’s in a name? Family Investments, the UK’s leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) provider, today announces the launch of its unique Baby Name Game (babynamegame.co.uk), designed to help parents to be choose a name for their bundle of joy.

New strategy will invest in companies providing solutions to climate change

The Boston office of F&C Investments is expanding its sustainable investment product range with the launch of a new strategy investing in companies that provide the technologies and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and those that will help society address the reality of climate change.

Schroder Global Climate Change opens for business

The aim of the Fund is to provide long-term outperformance of the MSCI World Index from a concentrated portfolio of 50 to 80 stocks comprising the best stock ideas from the fund’s joint managers, Simon Webber and Matthew Franklin.

FCIT backs kids for capitalism

Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust is once again sponsoring the ifs School of Finance Student Investor Challenge.

'Pull to redemption' tantalises as fund yield hits 9.2 per cent

According to Peter Hewitt, manager of the F&C Progressive Growth Fund, Gross Redemption yields on high quality zero dividend preference shares have hit levels not seen since August 2004 but with significantly better levels of security.

'Abundance of liquidity' is helping insulate Asian markets

Speaking following the release of interim results to the London Stock Exchange for Pacific Assets Trust plc, F&C fund manager Peter Dalgliesh points out that investors in the region are less impacted by the credit turmoil that has hit the US, UK and Europe in recent weeks thanks to an "abundance of liquidity."

Unwarranted collective optimism in banking sector

Tim Scholefield, Head of Equities at Baring Asset Management comments: "Financial stocks have underperformed during the recent rally in equity markets. Since August 16th global equities have risen by 6.7%, whereas the Banks sector has risen by just 1.8%.