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F&C to launch Global Climate Opportunities Fund
F&C is expanding its sustainable investment product range with the launch of a new fund 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.
New Star property fund benefits from Asian property markets
Strong forecasted economic growth, high levels of demand and low levels of expected supply to drive Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and broader Asian commercial property markets.
Birmingham Midshires launches new fixed rate bond
Birmingham Midshires has announced the launch of a new 11 month Fixed Rate Bond. Consistently high in the best buy tables, Birmingham Midshires has continually pushed rates of return up for savers, forcing competitor products to follow suit.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 12 September 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: Resource stock has attracted considerable investor attention over the last month, and this week it was the turn of Xstrata PLC to re-enter our top ten buys list.
AIC introduces sector classification system for VCTS
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has introduced a new classification system for Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), creating six new sub-sectors which expand on the current ‘specialist’ and ‘generalist’ categories.
CalPERS commits €400 million to European Private Equity
Standard Life Investments (Private Equity) Limited (“SLIPE”), has been selected by California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) to manage a mandate valued at €400m euros for their Alternative Investment Management (AIM) Program.
Share buybacks and Director purchases help to underpin UK Equities
Gartmore’s UK equities team believes that recent market falls have left some stocks significantly undervalued. Sacha Sadan, manager of Gartmore’s £348 million UK Growth Fund, draws encouragement from the recent spate of share buybacks.
Economic reform a top priority for China
As Asia’s fastest growing economy, China continues to outperform other emerging markets, expanding 11.9% in the last quarter from a year earlier. “Economic reform remains a top priority for the Chinese government, a trend we expect to continue”, comments Charlie Awdry, manager of the Gartmore China Opportunities Fund.
But will St. Leger's Day tempt them back into the market?
This week marks the St. Leger's Day horse races, a time when – according to City folklore – investor's who sold shares in May, should get back into the market.
ISA investors cash-in
According to a report published this by research firm Datamonitor, sales of Individual Savings Accounts reached record levels in 2006.
Unions threaten action but inflation is under control
The TUC conference takes place this week amid rising threats of strike action over public sector pay, but leading fund manager Ted Scott remains sanguine over UK inflation.
Savings chief gears up
The boss of one of Britain's most popular core investments for smaller savers, the giant £2.6 billion Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, has today revealed that he has steadily been increasing borrowings in order to scoop up cheap shares in the wake of recent market turmoil.
Insurers warned to wake up to the risks from climate change
The magnitude and frequency of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires, which could be set to rise further as a result of climate change, puts insurance firms in the eye of the storm according to a new report by F&C Asset Management, a investor and specialist in sustainable investment.
£125m in Child Trust Fund tax breaks will go to waste
Parents will be wasting £125 million in tax breaks by not making full use of their children’s Child Trust Fund (CTF) allowance, according to figures from Unbiased.co.uk, the website promoting the benefits of independent financial advice.
James Hay adds fund from BlackRock to wrap platform
James Hay has added a fund from BlackRock Merrill Lynch to its Wrap platform.