INVESTMENT
03 Feb 2012 | 14:46
Net retail sales slumped nearly 40% last year to their lowest level in three years, according the IMA's annual figures.
Third party distributor Gemini and TwentyFour Asset Management have ended their partnership after three years.
03 Feb 2012 | 14:08
Equity markets are spiking after US non-farm payrolls data revealed the economy added 243,000 jobs last month – far above consensus expectations.
03 Feb 2012 | 13:57
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We may be facing a low growth economy, but there are still companies increasing their profits, just not always where you expect to find them, writes Stephen Message, manager of the Old Mutual Equity Income fund.
After a series of fund launches in 2011 and a recent push into the UK retail market, Natalie Kenway asks chairman and CIO Tim Guinness what we can expect from Guinness Asset Management over the next decade.
Old Mutual Asset Managers’ Stewart Cowley has run the group’s £568m Global Strategic Bond fund since joining the company from Newton Investment Management in June 2009.
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