cazenove absolute equity trust to be wound up
The Board of the Cazenove Absolute Equity investment trust is to recommend to shareholders at its upcoming AGM that it is not continued.
Investment
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eaton vance unveils new em and global funds
Eaton Vance is bringing an emerging market and a global fund into Europe through a Dublin-domiciled range.
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the risk on is cheap dilemma for investors
Such is the state of Europe right now, the relatively risky trades are cheap whereas defensive ones are more expensive. John Husselbee asks why this is so and how investors can take advantage of it.
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closed end products need to open up beard
Investment trusts need to provide greater transparency to investors or risk losing their competitive advantage once RDR rewrites the product rules.
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equities and fixed income dominate ifa allocation
Legal & General Investments’ latest research shows equities will continue to dominate IFAs’ asset allocation over the coming 12 months.
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em acronyms and volatility headaches
FYI the BRIC acronym seems to have taken a back seat to GEM in recent months, but should it be left to RIP?
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developing turkey still more developed than most
Pierre Ciret walks investors in and around Turkey, a country economically and geographically well positioned that he describes as “a model for development and GDP expansion”.
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investors facing lack of alternatives
The problem with alternatives is that they have not always lived up to their name in offering real diversification away from mainstream asset classes.
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be nimble and defensive in a waiting game
Charlie Kerr treads a fine line between downside protection, taking advantage of volatility and being ready for when the upturn comes so, for him, liquid and nimble is the way to play it.
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Fracking all over the world
Mark Harris argues that if the US succeeds in becoming a net energy exporter, thereby reducing its reliance on supplies from the Middle East, it will have a wide and profound economic, political and investment impact.
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hearthstone first residential property fund
The FSA has given approval to Hearthstone to launch the first regulated residential property fund in the UK.
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portfolio impacts of ltro
Richard Cumming-Bruce warns of the transient nature of the boon given to markets by the ECB’s Long-Term Refinancing Operation and assesses its impact on the second half of the year.
