Credit Suisse confirms UK job cuts

Credit Suisse to slash 650 UK investment banking jobs

Story by: Gemma Westacott, FTAdviser

Troubled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has confirmed it is to axe 650 jobs from its UK workforce, mainly in investment banking.

  • Time published: 09.56
  • Date published: 02.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

IFAs' confidence in US equities returns

The majority of IFAs now favour the American equity market, in a dramatic turnaround in confidence from this time last year.

  • Date published: 02.12.2008

Standard Life pays out £88.6m in interim dividends

Standard Life is set to dish out £88.6m in interim dividends to shareholders this year.

  • Date published: 02.12.2008

RWC Partners to launch convertible bond fund

RWC Partners is planning to roll out a convertible bond fund to take advantage of pricing anomalies in the asset class.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

Focus on balanced funds and bonds to ride out recession

Balanced funds and bonds are the hot tickets to ride out the recession, according to Fidelity International.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

FSA proposes clearer segments to improve listing regime

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed changes to its listing regime in a move which it claims will help maintain the integrity of UK markets and enable issuers and investors to make informed decisions.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

Aberdeen Asset Management reports resilient results

Aberdeen Asset Management has continued to grow and show resilience despite the turbulent market conditions, according to its final year results.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

UKLA denies New Star's suspension request

New Star Asset Management has had a request to temporarily suspend trading of its shares rejected this morning (1 December).

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

Omnis Investments raises £50m since launch

Omnis Investments, the joint venture between Octopus Investments and Openwork, has raised more than £50m since launching its fund range in July.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

Collins Stewart warns discounts may widen

Investment trust discounts are likely to show further widening as conditions in the wider economy deteriorate, according to research company Collins Stewart.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

Collins Stewart appoints Wisener-Keating

Collins Stewart Fund Management has hired Collette Wisener-Keating as head of product development.

  • Date published: 01.12.2008

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Moving to quality, the current market will sort the wheat from the chaff

JPMorgan Asset Management managing director Campbell Fleming talks to Stephen Wilmot about remaining an optimist in the current downturn

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

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An optimist in a time of pessimism

Jupiter Income trust manager Anthony Nutt talks to Nick Rice about making the best out of bad numbers - and maintaining his star status

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

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In search of good things to buy

M&G's Richard Woolnough talks to Stephen Wilmot about the lure of some financials and hunting for stocks hurt in the sell-off

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

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Going against the flow in a falling market

Aegon fund support manager Iain Buckle talks to Anna Lawlor about sticking to securitised debt in a volatile environment

  • Time published: 00.01
  • Date published: 01.12.2008
  • Published in: Investments

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