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Emerging Markets | Feb 03, 2012
Aberdeen ‘actively discourages’ emerging market inflows
Aberdeen Asset Management has said it is “actively discouraging” inflows into Devan Kaloo’s emerging markets funds.
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Multi-Manager Funds | Feb 03, 2012Aviva multi-managers shift to high yield and convertibles
Aviva Investors’ multi-manager duo Ian Aylward and Peter Fitzgerald are switching out of gilts and into high yield and convertibles instead.
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UK | Feb 03, 2012PSigma bought by Punter Southall Group
Punter Southall Group has bought boutique fund house PSigma Asset Management.
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Multi-Manager Funds | Feb 03, 2012
AIM’s Armstrong shorts bunds
Armstrong Investment Managers’ Patrick Armstrong has started shorting German bunds and selling options to buy European stocks.
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Global | Feb 03, 2012
De Tusch Lec: Re-invest cash before it’s taxed away
Artemis’s Jacob de Tusch Lec has warned that companies need to start spending their high cash reserves or run the risk of having them “taxed away”.
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Equities | Feb 03, 2012
IMA stats show 38.5% sales drop in 2011
Net retail sales of IMA funds fell by 38.5 per cent during 2011, according to the latest IMA statistics.
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Investment Trusts | Feb 03, 2012
Bruce Stout adopts ultra low bond weighting
Aberdeen Asset Managers’ Bruce Stout has adopted an ultra-low bond weighting in his £1.1bn Murray International investment trust.
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European | Feb 03, 2012
‘Too soon to be bullish’: Aberdeen’s Thomson
Aberdeen Asset Management’s Bertie Thomson has said it is too soon to be bullish on European banking stocks because the “picture in Europe is still ...
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European | Feb 03, 2012
L&G’s Launder ramps up market exposure
Legal & General Investments’ (L&G) Gavin Launder is shifting into stocks that are more sensitive to market movements in his L&G European fund.
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European | Feb 03, 2012
Jupiter’s de Fonclare remains defensive
Jupiter’s Cédric de Fonclare has not been adding risk to his European funds in spite of the fact the region has officially entered a bull market.
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European | Feb 03, 2012
Rlam’s Wilkinson ups financials
Royal London Asset Management’s (Rlam) Neil Wilkinson has ramped up the financials weighting in his £533m European Growth fund.
interview
Doing the right job is crucial
Berry Asset Management’s Jamie MacLeod talks to Simona Stankovska about the course of his career at Skandia, Investec and Scottish Widows.
features
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Jan 30, 2012European Reits: volatile but cheap
As fears over Europe continue to grip retail investors, what opportunities can its Reits offer?
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Jan 30, 2012Good governance delivers real benefits
A lack of openness is widely regarded as having been a major factor in the last financial crisis.
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Jan 30, 2012Fund selector: December purging
As 2011 was ending, we all got inundated by what seemed to be an endless flow of research and strategy pieces.
analyst
Henderson Strategic Bond: Jenna Barnard
An underweight to government bonds and a bias towards credit meant 2011 was a disappointing year for the £1.04bn Henderson Strategic Bond fund.
A popular alternative for bond investors
When you ask most investors which asset classes they associate with exchange traded products (ETPs), they would mention equities and commodities.
markets
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UK markets: Using short-term volatility
Most European stocks made advances last week, spurred by successful auctions in the eurozone, encouraging global data and improved US bank earnings.
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US markets: Jobs news looks up
Riskier assets have advanced yet again recently as 2012 got off to a strong start for the markets.
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European markets: Is it time to revise portfolios?
The world at the beginning of 2012 seems a marginally better place than it was at the end of 2011.
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Emerging markets: Future success story
Indonesia has been getting a good press, and rightly so. Last year it was the best-performing stockmarket in Asia.