F&C Investments has confirmed Mark Nichols’ appointment to manage its European Growth and Income Fund, following the departure of Paras Anand to Fidelity Worldwide Investment. But a new head for the European team is yet to be decided.
UK investors are to be allowed direct access to Indian equities, in a policy shift designed by the Indian government to increase the depth of the stock market and increase foreign inflows into the country.
Merrill Lynch’s Bill O’Neill assesses the latest European Central Bank’s loan measures, stressing that banks are still not lending as much as he would like to see.
Renaissance Asset Managers has acquired the $252m (£160m, 192m) Griffin Eastern European Equity Fund from, Griffin Capital Management.
Investors should increasingly be wary of the three “Rs” impacting investment outcomes today and in the near future – recession, repression and risk – according to Marc Seidner, managing director at Pimco.
Mert Yildiz maps the change in fortune of Turkey’s football teams with the the country’s economic standing.
The majority of UK investors are happy with their investment decisions, but over a quarter regret not starting to invest earlier in life, or wish they had invested more of their cash.
Aberdeen Asset Management has expanded its investment trust business and further strengthened its presence in Asia with the assumption of two closed-end funds from Blackstone Asia Advisers.
Discretionary wealth managers are looking to increase their clients’ exposure to equities, private equity and real estate in 2012 as they up risk appetite in pursuit of investment returns.
Source has listed its Physical Gold P-ETC in sterling on the London Stock Exchange, complementing the dollar listing it already has on the UK’s exchange.
Investors have sold out and are waiting for the New Year to see “how the land lies”, according to latest fund flows from EPFR Global.
Martin Currie’s newly-launched Global Emerging Markets Sicav is now open to UK investors.
