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Northern Rock adds online options to growing cash ISA portfolio
Northern Rock is launching a range of brand new online ISAs to complement its competitive portfolio of branch, postal and online savings accounts.
Big banks outmuscled by smaller players in ISA fight
New research from uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, reveals that the high street banks are being outpaced by smaller, lesser-known rivals in the race to attract cash ISA savers.
Absolute Return Fund leaves judges in no doubt
Standard Life Investments, the global fund manager, has announced that its Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund (GARS) has won ‘Best Absolute Return Fund' at the Professional Adviser Awards 2011.
HSBC launches two emerging market debt funds
HSBC Global Asset Management - one of the world's leaders in emerging markets with more than USD100 billion invested in this asset class - has launched two new emerging market debt funds: HSBC GIF Global Emerging Markets Corporate Debt, and HSBC GIF Global Emerging Markets Investment Grade Bond.
1 in 10 under 35s have a stocks and shares ISA
New research conducted on behalf of Fidelity International shows that almost 1 in 3 under 35s believe there to be a worthwhile tax advantage to an ISA yet 77% have never considered a stocks and shares ISA.
TD customers chase commodities
Darren Hepworth, Trading and Customer Services Director, TD Waterhouse comments: "TD customers may have been capitalising on strong commodity prices this week, as copper traded above $463 for the first time ever.
Savers must look for alternatives to help beat inflation
Reacting to the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold interest rates at 0.5%, discount broker Willis Owen says that with the ISA deadline looming savers simply cannot put off looking for alternative ways to help their savings beat inflation.
UK equity investors reap dividends
The latest set of figures from BG Group were good and ahead of expectations, but what really interested Peter Lees, manager of the F&C UK Equity Fund, was the commitment to its growth strategy with increased production targets from its key Brazilian and US assets.Lees commented: "I anticipate that this should, in turn, feed through to increased dividend payments.
M&A is good news for bonds
Fatima Luis, co-manager of the F&C Strategic Bond Fund, believes that increasing levels of M&A activity will be generally positive for investors in credit markets, particularly for corporate bonds and high yield bonds.
Emerging markets bolster Diageo performance
Nick Raynor, investment adviser at The Share Centre explains why today's half year results from Diageo could make it a good time to invest in the company.
ISAs causing confusion for recent purchasers
With the end of the current tax year only weeks away, research from NatWest and RBS reveals that many would-be savers remain confused about cash ISAs, the choices available and the tax benefits of putting money into these accounts.
Mercantile portfolio moves to account for threat of inflation
The Mercantile Investment Trust, the GBP 1.4 billion J.P. Morgan Asset Management managed investment trust which seeks income and growth from mid and smaller UK companies, has shifted positioning within the portfolio to reflect the potential impact inflation could have on the UK.
Fidelity South East Asia fund
Liz Rae, investment adviser at The Share Centre, explains how investors can benefit from the potential of investing in Asia as a region and may wish to consider the Fidelity South East Asia fund.
AXA Real Estate raises a further €147.5 million
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers ("AXA Real Estate"), the leading real estate manager in Europe and second globally with €39 billion of assets under management as of September 2010, announces the second close of its pan-European development venture, Development Venture III (the "Venture"), having raised an additional €147.5 million of equity.
Act now to beat this year’s ISA deadline
Time is ticking away for savers yet to take advantage of their cash Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowance for the current tax year.