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Britton adds six ETFs to T Bailey Growth
By Fund Strategy 21-Sep-2009 05:00 PM
Jason Britton, the manager of the T Bailey Growth fund, has added six exchange traded funds (ETFs) to the portfolio over the past year.
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ABI announces new money market sector
By Fund Strategy 26-Aug-2009 05:00 PM
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced it will create a Deposit & Treasury sector.
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World Bank glum on global economy
By Fund Strategy 23-Jun-2009 12:20 PM
The latest World Bank analysis of the global economy dashes hopes of a global rebound any time soon.
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Skandia rejigs Global Dynamic Equity weightings
By Fund Strategy 18-Jun-2009 05:00 PM
Skandia Investment Group (SIG) has altered the asset allocation of its Global Dynamic Equity fund.
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Armstrong Investment Management comes to market
By Fund Strategy 16-Jun-2009 05:00 PM
Patrick Armstrong and Ana Cukic Armstrong, formerly co-heads of Insight's multi-asset desk, have launched their own firm.
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Nimrod trust will focus on gold price anomalies
By Fund Strategy 15-Jun-2009 12:00 PM
Nimrod Capital plans to launch a closed-ended fund investing in smaller gold stocks and mining shares.
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Aberdeen plans to merge away two CSAM funds
By Fund Strategy 01-Jun-2009 12:00 PM
Aberdeen plans to merge two Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) funds into its own vehicles as its takeover of the firm nears completion.
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Fortis goes long in emerging debt
By Fund Strategy 22-May-2009 10:00 AM
Fortis Investments has taken a long position in local currency emerging markets debt. Joost van Leenders, an investment specialist at Fortis Investments, expects this move to capture the carry trade in these currencies.
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Julius Baer to separate asset management arm
By Fund Strategy 20-May-2009 06:00 PM
Julius Baer is to spin off its asset management businesses into an independent company, it announced this morning.
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Miton fund loses AA rating
By Fund Strategy 01-May-2009 10:00 AM
Old Broad Street Research (OBSR) has withdrawn the AA rating from the CF Miton Cautious Income fund.
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Privalto launches tracker
By Fund Strategy 30-Apr-2009 05:00 PM
BNP Paribas Privalto UK will tomorrow launch a fund that will track its own Millenium Index.
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Cofunds makes first profit
By Fund Strategy 29-Apr-2009 05:00 PM
Cofunds had its first profitable year in 2008, when many companies in the financial sector reported huge losses.
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IMA ponders change in Money Market definition
By Fund Strategy 13-Apr-2009 12:00 PM
The Investment Management Association (IMA) is considering changing the definition of the Money Market sector.
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IMA may redefine Money Market sector
By Fund Strategy 06-Apr-2009 05:00 PM
The Investment Management Association (IMA) is considering changing the definition of the Money Market sector.
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Manager focus: Laurence Taylor
By Fund Strategy 06-Apr-2009 12:00 PM
The day the Global Large Cap Equity fund was launched, the Vix volatility index hit an all-time high of 80, Laurence Taylor, a portfolio specialist at T Rowe Price, recalls.
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Downgrades and upgrades from OBSR
By Fund Strategy 03-Apr-2009 05:00 PM
Old Broad Street Research (OBSR) has downgraded the ratings of the UBS UK Smaller Companies and Old Mutual Extra Income funds.
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cru appoints investor committee
By Fund Strategy 02-Apr-2009 05:00 PM
cru Investment Management has announced that eight individuals have agreed to sit on the Arch cru investor committee.
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Lyxor lists gold exchange traded note
By Fund Strategy 23-Mar-2009 05:00 PM
Lyxor, the Societe Generale-owned exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, has entered the exchange traded note (ETN) market with the listing of a gold tracker.
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Crosby closes more funds
By Fund Strategy 20-Mar-2009 12:00 AM
Crosby Asset Management (CAM) is closing the last of the funds it acquired after its takeover of Forsyth Partners after heavy losses for the business in 2008.In the year-end
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WH Ireland backs away from Blue Oar merger
By Fund Strategy 19-Mar-2009 10:00 AM
WH Ireland has confirmed that its takeover talks with Blue Oar have dissolved.
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Manager focus: Graham Ashby
By Fund Strategy 19-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Graham Ashby, the manager of the Credit Suisse income range, has been adding to his covered call positions in anticipation of a pause in the market rally.
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Fixed interest maintains sales dominance
By Fund Strategy 18-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Bond funds continue to dominate sales on the Cofunds platform, according to figures for February.
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Collins Stewart posts £58m loss
By Fund Strategy 17-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Collins Stewart has posted revenue losses of £58.2m in its preliminary results for 2008, but says its wealth management business is proving resilient.
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Woodford bearish on recovery
By Fund Strategy 17-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has warned that Britain and America will not see sustained economic recovery or growth for at least three to four years.
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Hargreaves investors deserting cash
By Fund Strategy 17-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Money flowing out of cash Isas on Hargreaves Lansdown's Vantage platform has increased threefold over the past few months, despite the looming end of the tax year.
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Barclays puts iShares up for sale
By Fund Strategy 16-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Barclays Group has confirmed that it is in talks with interested parties over a possible sale of iShares, its exchange trade funds (ETFs) business.
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IMA sets out funds in new sector
By Fund Strategy 06-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
The Investment Management Association (IMA) has revealed the list of funds in its UK Equity Income and Growth sector.
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Aviva loses £1.3 billion
By Fund Strategy 05-Mar-2009 06:00 PM
Aviva, the international insurance giant, made a pre-tax loss of £1.3 billion in 2008.
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Allianz profits down by 31.6%
By Fund Strategy 05-Mar-2009 12:00 PM
After years of double-digit growth, Allianz Global Investors’ operating profit declined by 31.6% to €960m (£853m) in 2008. Net income declined by 21.5% to €369m.
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Advisers shun equities
By Fund Strategy 04-Mar-2009 08:00 AM
Advisers have turned their back on all equity sectors and are only recommending investments into bonds, according to the Virgin Money Investor Intentions Index.
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