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Fidelity comment on recent market volatility
In light of recent market volatility, Fidelity International's Director of Asset Allocation, Trevor Greetham, comments: "Markets that have risen a long way without a pause are at risk of sharp short-term corrections as we are seeing now. This can be healthy as unrealistic expectations are brought down to earth.
JPMorgan Asset Management funds added to Standard Life’s Life and Pensions platform
JPMorgan Asset Management is pleased to announce the addition of the JPM Global Property Securities Fund and the JPMorgan Cautious Total Return Fund to Standard Life Assurance Ltd’s Life and Pensions platform.
Bear market or just a correction?
The market downturn of the past couple of days is most likely to be a healthy correction in a longer term bull market, according to research conducted by Simon Ward of New Star Asset Management. The research examined the performance of the FTSE 100 following the three great bear markets of the twentieth century (1929-1932, 1936-1940 and 1972-1974), and applied their trends to the rally following the recent bear market of 2000-2003.
Correction in the Chinese market: profit-takers strike
By Gigi Chan, Far East & Asian Equity Fund Manager, Threadneedle Investments
Global equity sell-off- Where do we go from here?
Following the recent sharp sell-off in global equities, Paul Niven, Head of Asset Allocation at F&C Investments in London, comments:
Bristol school students pick up Best Stock Market Performance prize
A team of A-level students from Mangotsfield School in Bristol have performed better than almost 30,000 other teenagers from across the UK in the ifs Student Investor Challenge sponsored by Deutsche Bank and Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust.
Global stock market falls
Over the last couple of days world equity markets have fallen back sharply. “What is the cause and should we be concerned?” asks John Kelly, Abbey’s Head of Client Investment.
F&C launches new fund for US based socially responsible investors
F&C Investments, a pioneer of socially responsible investment in Europe, is to launch an ethically-screened international equity fund for US based institutional and high net worth investors.
Improving fund ratings demonstrate growing strength of asset allocation sector
The growing market for sophisticated multi-manager products has led to a boost in the quality of funds in the asset allocation sector, says Standard & Poor's Fund Services in its latest report on the sector on funds-sp.com.
New funds available on Standard Life Bonds and Pensions
Standard Life has announced that a further 14 funds have been added to its Life and Pensions range.
Abbey issues two-year special growth bond linked to FTSE 100
Abbey Financial Markets has launched a second special release structured deposit linked to the FTSE100 to complement its constantly available capital guaranteed bonds linked to the FTSE 100, NIKKEI 225 and residential and commercial property markets.
Investment funds under management rise in January
Investment funds under management of £411 billion in January saw a small rise from December and were 15% higher than January 2006, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA). ISA funds under management of £51 billion, however, saw a marginal fall in January, but were 11% higher than the previous year.
'AA' rating upgrades for F&C's funds of funds suite
F&C Investments has seen each of its four unfettered funds of funds portfolios – Multi-Manager Growth, Multi-Manager Balanced, Multi-Manager Distribution and Multi-Manager Cautious – upgraded to AA-status by Standard & Poors Fund Research.
Fidelity International launches PEP and ISA withdrawal facility
ISA and Pep investors can now take a regular “income” from their funds without forfeiting any of the tax benefits following Fidelity International’s extension of its withdrawal facility to these tax-efficient plans.
In the Chinese Year of the Pig, will it be Japan that brings home the bacon for investors?
After a strong 2005, when hopes of rapid economic recovery saw the TOPIX index rise by 44%, 2006 was a major disappointment for investors in Japan. Pedestrian economic progress and a change in political leadership coloured the domestic news flow whilst the gradual exiting of speculative investors put persistent downward pressure on prices. John Kelly, Head of Client Investment at Abbey, looks at the current picture.