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17 May 2012
Raj Shant, portfolio manager of the Newton European Income fund, argues there are opportunities to be found in Europe, but not for the faint-hearted.
25 April 2012
Advisers and analysts have begun to react to surprise GDP figures showing the UK economy has slipped back into a technical recession.
13 January 2012
Joanna Faith asks three fund selectors which themes are dominating their long-term investment decisions.
12 December 2011
Flagship UK Opportunities fund invests in unloved names with encouraging growth prospects.
29 November 2011
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21 November 2011
Despite a small drop in inflation last week, the rate is still way ahead of target at 5%. So why are industry experts warning about a deflationary environment? Maria Merricks and Joanna Faith report.
10 October 2011
George Renouf, director of investment strategy at Alliance Trust Asset Management, looks at how investors can navigate political wrangling and backward-looking economic statistics.
07 October 2011
UK equity income funds are often criticised for having a very high concentration to a small number of stocks - 68% of income comes from 20 stocks; 51% from 10 companies.
15 September 2011
Three years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Laura Miller revisits the shocking events and asks if any lessons have been learned.
09 September 2011
Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy at Standard Life Investments, scrutinises Ben Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech.
26 August 2011
Risk is a hot topic at the moment. The turmoil on the stock exchange has seen a big increase in market risk while Standard and Poor’s has lowered their opinion of the US’s credit risk.
25 August 2011
Felix Martin, economist in the Thames River global credit team, responds to the Bank of England’s August Inflation Report.
12 August 2011
Amid a torrid few weeks for global markets, the banking sector took one of the greatest beatings during the recent sell-off with bans on short-selling adding to their woes.
26 July 2011
Veteran hedge fund manager George Soros announced today he will no longer manage other people’s money. Investment Week looks back at his career...
05 July 2011
F&C's director of global strategy Ted Scott on the changing role of the ECB during the debt crisis.
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