North America
Investment
Alliance Trust Investments is to close its North American and European equity funds, as the group completes the second stage of a strategic review.
15 May 2013
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US
Research shows us that over the long term, dividend paying stocks tend to outperform non-dividend payers and do so with less risk. Over the last 30 years, the index of equal-weighted, dividend paying S&P companies returned +8.7% annualised versus +1.5%...
23 November 2012
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Investment Trusts
The BlackRock North American Income trust has raised £65m in its initial offer period and plans to issue further equity in the near future, after undershooting its £100m target.
18 October 2012
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Financial services
Investment Quorum's investment committee is looking to deploy cash piles into the markets on its model portfolios as it urges clients to "be brave" and embrace opportunities found in market volatility.
14 June 2012
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Investment
Many investors in the current climate would baulk at the words of Laurence Fink, chief executive officer and co-founder of BlackRock, who said investors should have 100% of their investments in equities at the moment.
14 February 2012
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Investment
BlackRock is to launch an absolute return equity fund able to invest across both North and South America later this quarter.
19 January 2012
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US
Manager maintains ‘reasonably upbeat' stance on long-term prospects for US consumers, as housing market shows signs of bottoming out.
07 November 2011
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