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Top Ranking for Gartmore’s SICAV Latin America Fund
One year since Chris Palmer became Head of Global Emerging Markets at Gartmore, his SICAV Latin America Fund which he has managed since inception in 2004 is established as the top performing Fund amongst its peers.
The Blair decade – booming markets driven by global forces
As Tony Blair prepares to hand over the keys to 10 Downing Street next week, Jeremy Tigue, manager of the legendary Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, compares the key themes that dominated markets under his decade in office with those of Britain's other recent long-serving Prime Minister, the Iron Lady.
Hewitt zeros in on Utilico ZDPS
Peter Hewitt snapped up some stock this week in the first major new issue of a zero dividend preference share in recent years.
Cared for children get CTF boost
The announcement from the DfES, that cared for children will receive an extra £100 each year into their Child Trust Fund account, has been welcomed by The Children’s Mutual.
Cash in on the smoking ban
As the UK's smokers mull the impending ban on lighting up in public, one incentive to stub out their last fag is the potential profits to be made from investing their ciggy money in the markets instead.
The corporate bond waiting game continues
The publication this week of the Bank of England's Money Policy Committee minutes has revealed that the committee was split 5-4 over whether or not to raise UK interest rates with the more hawkish Governor, Mervyn King, voted down.
F&C targets institutional investors with 'enhanced cash fund'
F&C is responding to investors' demands for higher yielding cash vehicles with the launch of the F&C Sterling Enhanced Cash Fund next week.
Offshore bond market powers ahead
With rising house prices and growing personal wealth, more and more people are turning to offshore bonds as part of their inheritance tax planning, according to a new report from Defaqto.
F&C Event Driven Limited - Result of placing and offer for subscription
The Board of F&C Event Driven Limited (the "Company" ), a new Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended fund of hedge funds, is pleased to announce that monies totalling £75 million (before costs and expenses) have been raised pursuant to the Company's recent Placing and Offer for Subscription.
A golden age for balanced funds
Financial markets have seen a number of structural shifts in the past decade, according to Fidelity International. Equity markets around the world have become more correlated and where geography was once a key driver in asset allocation, now asset classes and industrial sectors also have a major influence on allocation decisions.
James Hay adds 12 new funds to wrap platform
James Hay has added 12 new funds to its Wrap platform. The total number of funds now available on James Hay Wrap totals 1,163 from 50 different providers.
Child Trust Funds join savings price war
Parents are being urged to switch cash Child Trust Funds as a price war breaks out, new research from MoneyExpert.com shows.
Spotlight shined on convertible bonds
According to Anja Eijking of F&C Netherlands, convertible bonds have been one of the best kept secrets of the investment world in recent years.
HSBC Investments launches global SRI platform
HSBC Investments has integrated its international Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) capabilities into a global SRI platform to provide clients with in-depth SRI expertise and a broad set of investment solutions.
Absolute washout for many absolute return funds
Standard & Poor’s Funds Services, the leading provider of qualitative fund management ratings, has revealed that none of the funds in its current survey of the sector met their own investment objectives.