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A healthy dose of M&A

Investment Week | 06 Sep 2010

The completion of F&C’s £53.6m takeover of Thames River last week was not the first case of cannibalism among UK asset managers this year, and it is unlikely to be the last.

Don’t shoot the messenger

Back at the beginning of the credit crunch, it was fairly common to read articles and hear comments warning the media was talking the country into a recession.

Investment Week | 16 Aug 2010

Recovery, but not as we know it

Fund selectors and advisers currently face a difficult choice. Various economic and business information flows have the potential to point to widely differing potential outcomes for investors. Asset allocation may never have been more challenging.

Investment Week | 09 Aug 2010

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Yacht’s the matter with you

“If I can buy four yachts from my investments, why should I care if my manager can buy one for himself?”

Investment Week | 02 Aug 2010

Dying to diversify

One of the most frequent assertions by fund managers across the UK investment press over the last year has been that, while the domestic economy may be set for anaemic growth, UK companies are set to fare a lot better.

Investment Week | 26 Jul 2010

Risky business

A year ago, a key concern for investors was the level of national debt inherent in many developed economies.

Investment Week | 19 Jul 2010

Chancellor’ll be a fine thing

The new Chancellor George Osborne said his first budget was both ‘unavoidable’ and an ‘emergency’ and yet many of his policies had the look of being well thought out and planned.

Investment Week | 28 Jun 2010

An alignment of interest

Our industry is built on innovation and the willingness to support and nurture new ideas.

Investment Week | 21 Jun 2010

Stimulating long-term savings

It is not surprising with the national debt at around £156bn the new coalition Government has focused on deficit reduction ahead of encouraging further long-term savings in its first few weeks in office.

Investment Week | 14 Jun 2010

Investors get engaged

Empire building can be a fine pursuit and is the reason why some of the world’s great companies are the money-making, dividend-paying growth vehicles they are today.

Investment Week | 07 Jun 2010

What is the price for risk?

“It is a day in the sun for asset allocators,” said Curt Custard, UBS’s head of global investment solutions, as his group announced the launch of a multi-asset product for the DB pension market last week.

Investment Week | 31 May 2010

The twilight eurozone?

At the beginning of this year, who would have bet on the potential disintegration of the euro?

Investment Week | 24 May 2010

Leader: Land of Hope and Tories

Gordon Brown has left office and few in the financial services industry will lament his departure.

Investment Week | 17 May 2010

Investors voted long before the electorate

The headlines proclaim now the real work starts. After months of debate and ducking of the issues there is no hiding from hard decisions about cutting public spending and reducing the deficit.

Investment Week | 10 May 2010

The UK’s savings grace

There is every danger the UK could be turning into a nation of savers with last week’s IMA figures revealing the strongest savings into Isas for nearly a decade.

Investment Week | 03 May 2010

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Bond vigilante

M&G’s head of retail fixed interest Jim Leaviss discusses the future of the euro, his attitude to risk, and why economic growth is not the Holy Grail

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Roderick Collins: The siren call of mercantilism

“A country will lose its gold unless the Prince introduces tariffs and quotas to cut down on imports of goods; and unless he gives subsidies to encourage exports; and unless he forbids skilled workmen to take their knowledge abroad and makes sure that all shipping takes place in our own boats, however dear they may be...

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Conjecture: Multi-Asset Investing

The first half of 2010 saw a deluge of multi-asset fund launches.

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Incisive Media unveils Adviserhound.com

Incisive Media today launches Adviserhound.com, the industry’s first financial find engine designed specifically to cater for the day-to-day business needs of financial advisers.

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Playing the China consumer theme

Having long been viewed as one of the world’s leading manufacturers, China is now being considered by investors in a different light from exports and more towards the domestic economy

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