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Surging global equity markets' have pushed down discounts across the investment trust industry so far this year, pushing a number on to premiums, the latest data shows.

Kames Capital is planning to launch an "aggressive" rates fund to prepare for an eventual increase in interest rates on government bonds.

The directors of the troubled £400m Caribbean property investment scheme run by Harlequin Property have been issued with a High Court order freezing their personal assets up to £1.1m.

Harlequin Management Services (South East), which trades as Harlequin Property, has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators at the High Court of Justice.

TailorMade Independent, a distributor of Harlequin Property investments, has had its permissions changed to restrict its ability to carry on new pensions business.

Investors in some of the UK's worst funds have been urged to dump ten serial underperformers from their portfolios in a study by Chelsea Financial Services.

Managers around the globe have upped their exposure to equities in what Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts dubbed the 'great rotation' of 2013.

The Schroders-managed West End of London property trust is seeking to raise over £100m via an AIM listing giving investors access to its Jersey-domiciled vehicle.

Schroders Private Bank has highlighted the three areas of the market it expects to outperform this year, pointing to Japan, UK property, and commodities as potential winners.

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