Private real estate remains in the doldrums
Private real estate fundraising reached a ten-year low in the first quarter of 2013, as 20 funds closed raising just $5.2bn.
Investment
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barclays LG joint structured product
Barclays and Legal & General have joined forces to launch the Defined Return Plan 1, the first in a series of collaborative investment products to be released by the two firms.
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downward pressure to continue on euro equities
Spreads on corporate and peripheral credits are likely to continue to widen, putting further downward pressure on European equities, the latest European Review from S&P Capital IQ Equity Research projects.
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koesterich urges caution over high yield
With the first quarter now in the history books, Russ Koesterich looks back at how good his predictions were and what he expects to see grabbing the investment headlines in the coming months.
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sg unveils second new structured product
Societe Generale has launched a new structured product linked to the performance of three FTSE 100 shares, with a maximum 69% gross return at maturity.
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UBS launches Sterling Corporate Bond Fund
UBS has today launched a Sterling Corporate Bond Indexed Fund managed by the passive fixed income team.
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equities least ugly competition
Ian Heslop has seen equity markets have good five-year periods plenty of times before so here he assesses where next – are we at the start of a fully-fledged bull run or on the edge of another bumpy ride?
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Equities shift spells new high for UK FUM
UK funds under management has breached £700bn for the first time, with rejuvenated equity funds recording their highest retail sales since April 2011, according to the IMA.
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ten years on gold inflexion
Today is the tenth anniversary of the first gold ETP so Nik Bienkowski looks back, particularly at the past two years that have seen gold prices plummet, to second-guess what the next ten might witness.
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turkey the antithesis of anaemic growth
Following a recent trip to Turkey, Liesbeth Rubinstein explains why Turkey getting investment grade status means it is more than just your run-of-the-mill emerging market country as fas as long-term investors are concerned.
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bens ketchup and fizzy drinks husselbee
Those commenting on Warren Buffett under-performing the S&P 500 – for just the ninth time in just shy of half a century – prove once again, as John Husselbee argues, the fallacy of a short-term outlook.
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RLAM unveils passive Asia equities portfolios
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has revealed details of the new passive portfolios that will replace its Japan Growth and Far East funds.
