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Winship: Mervyn King will do ‘whatever it takes’
Bank of England governor Mervyn King will do “whatever it takes” to return the UK economy to growth, according to BlackRock’s Ian Winship.
Lipper stats: European fund sales in the red
European funds suffered a €69.3bn outflow in 2011 - only the second time in a decade that sales have fallen into the red, according to Lipper.
7IM’s Scott adds to credit holdings
Seven Investment Management’s Alex Scott has increased his weighting in credit by adding two new holdings.
Fidelity changes retirement fund to Multi Asset Income
Fidelity is renaming its multi-manager £15m Retirement Income fund as the Fidelity Multi Asset Income fund.
Distinction offers multi-manager absolute return bond fund
Distinction Asset Management has scrapped its Cautious Return fund and turned it into an absolute return bond fund of funds.
Fund managers reject calls for full portfolio disclosure
Fund managers have rejected calls from SCM Private chief investment officer Alan Miller to disclose all fund holdings quarterly.
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Swip Strategic Bond fund: Roger Webb
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From Investments| 14:45Winship: Mervyn King will do ‘whatever it takes’
Bank of England governor Mervyn King will do “whatever it takes” to return the UK economy to growth, according to BlackRock’s Ian Winship.
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From Investments| Feb 10, 2012Lipper stats: European fund sales in the red
European funds suffered a €69.3bn outflow in 2011 - only the second time in a decade that sales have fallen into the red, according to Lipper.
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From Investments| 08:407IM’s Scott adds to credit holdings
Seven Investment Management’s Alex Scott has increased his weighting in credit by adding two new holdings.
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From Investments| Feb 09, 2012Fidelity changes retirement fund to Multi Asset Income
Fidelity is renaming its multi-manager £15m Retirement Income fund as the Fidelity Multi Asset Income fund.
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From Investments| Feb 09, 2012Distinction offers multi-manager absolute return bond fund
Distinction Asset Management has scrapped its Cautious Return fund and turned it into an absolute return bond fund of funds.
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From Investments| Feb 09, 2012Fund managers reject calls for full portfolio disclosure
Fund managers have rejected calls from SCM Private chief investment officer Alan Miller to disclose all fund holdings quarterly.
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From Investments| Feb 08, 2012Barings bond stalwart Colin Harte made redundant
Baring Asset Management’s 12-year bond fund management stalwart Colin Harte has been made redundant.
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From Investments| Feb 08, 2012Standard Life slammed in Chelsea RedZone report
SLI takes over from Swip as the “worst offender” in Chelsea’s latest report on consistently poor funds.
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Feb 07, 2012Schroders revisits Strategic Bond fund format
Schroders is to launch a Strategic Bond fund for recent hire Gareth Isaac, eight months after it shifted away from the format.
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Feb 06, 2012Gilt managers reject ‘bloodbath’ fears
Leading UK government bond fund managers have played down fears of a “bloodbath” in the asset class this year.
