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New Star acquires prime properties for Property Unit Trust
New Star has recently acquired two grade A office buildings for the New Star Property Unit Trust. The first, Governor’s House, is a prime office building just off Cannon Street, in the City of London.
Funds under management fall in June
Funds under management of UK domiciled investment funds were £463 billion in June, a fall of 1.6% from May but were 25% higher than June 2006, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA).
Jupiter Green Investment Trust increases assets by 68%
The Board of Jupiter Green Investment Trust is pleased to announce it has raised £24.25m in its C Share issue.
Performance ISA launched by BMW
BMW Savings has launched a new ‘Guaranteed BMW Performance ISA’ - offering a market-leading rate of 6.57 % Gross/AER fixed until 05 September 2008.
Top Ten Retail Investor Buys & Sells for week ending 27 July 2007
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse, commented: The London Stock market has this week suffered its biggest percentage drop in four years as investors worried about the weak US economy and the impact of tightening credit markets on takeover activity. The Footsie is now on course for its worst week since 2002.
It’s all about time in the market not timing the market
As volatility returns to the world’s equity markets, Fidelity International, the leading investment management and services group, highlights the risk to savers trying to time their stock market investments.
LV= with-profits bonds healthy investment for low-risk investors
LV= has published an analysis of with-profits bond policyholder value, based on an independent report produced by leading financial risk consultancy Barrie & Hibbert.
Eighth consecutive appearance for ethical fund on Principal White List
F&C's Stewardship Income Fund, managed by Ted Scott and Hilary Aldridge, has once again made it onto the influential Principal White list of top performing UK Equity Income Funds.
Insurers under extreme weather pressure
Whilst it is not clear exactly how the current weather events in Europe are related to climate change, both the devastating floods in the UK and the heatwave affecting Central Europe show how vulnerable we are to extreme weather conditions.
UK smaller companies' quick response to flooding
The quick reaction of several companies to help people and businesses affected by recent flooding demonstrates the quality of the investments in the F&C UK Smaller Companies Fund.
Concerned about commercial property, think Global Focus
While attention is usually focused on the state of the UK housing market, concern is increasingly mounting about the health of the commercial-property sector. As the recent interest-rate rises take their toll, a number of fund companies have felt obliged to impose exit charges to stem a wave of selling by disappointed investors in their commercial-property funds.
Calderon unveils $234 billion Mexican Infrastructure Investment Plan
Shares in Mexican construction and infrastructure providers have been helped by an announcement from Mexican President Felipe Calderon of a plan to invest USD 234 billion on infrastructure over the next five years.
Strong performance continues across pooled pension range
Standard Life Investments, a leading investment house, saw 78% of its pooled pension fund range outperform their respective peer groups during the first six months of 2007, according to new Russell/Mellon figures.
James Hay adds 14 Legal and General funds to Wrap Platform
James Hay has added 14 new funds to its Wrap platform. The total number of funds now available on James Hay Wrap totals 1,208 from 52 different providers.
Invesco Perpetual: ISA reforms
Following on from the announcement by the Treasury to lay regulations to implement the new ISA reforms, Rick White, Marketing Director at Invesco Perpetual, one of the UK’s largest PEP and ISA providers, comments: “As we said around the time of the budget when these reforms were announced by the then Chancellor Gordon Brown