fidelity demographics fund targets social trends
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has launched a Global Demographics Fund, focusing on long-term trends such as population growth, the rise of new middle classes and population ageing.
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witan underperforms but maintains
Witan Investment Trust posted a NAV total return for the year of -10.9% today, which saw it underperform its benchmark by 3.9%, a lag it blamed on the abrupt fall in markets in August.
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investec to launch managed solutions funds
Investec Asset Management is to launch two multi-asset managed solutions funds as part of a realignment of its product range ahead of RDR.
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uk aaa in further doubt
The UK’s AAA rating has been put on negative watch by Fitch, which is the second of the ‘big three’ ratings agencies to put the top-notch credit score in doubt after Moody’s did so back in February.
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saltus launches new pricing
Saltus is the latest wealth management firm to take advantage of the Retail Distribution Review by launching a new rate card for intermediaries using its discretionary fund management (DFM) portfolios.
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untapped income potential
Investors are desperate for new sources of income and, while they are certainly not new, investment trusts should appear higher on income investors lists than they currently do, says Jackie Beard.
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fund sales europe positive first in six months
EFAMA’s stats for January show positive net fund sales in Europe for the first time since the start of last summer.
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Ignis redundanies no fund managers
Ignis Asset Management has said no senior managers or investment managers are involved in the ongoing consultation that has already seen Nick Pogmore, head of strategic alliances at the firm, made redundant.
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markets waiting for politicians to play ball
Watching todays pictures of an awkward David Cameron struggling to keep pace with basketball lays bare the lengths image-conscious politicians have to go to rack up on diplomacy points, particularly when the US public may soon call time on his ally President Obama.
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Hermes gems expands team
Hermes’ Global Emerging Markets division has announced the appointment of two new analysts, Stephen Yan and Kunjal Gala, who will work on the Emerging Asia Fund and Latin America and EMEA research respectively.
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style of exposure is key to success this year
Eden’s Mark Harris argues that with correlations moving lower and the dispersion in returns becoming greater asset allocation is crucial to portflio success in 2012.
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investors absolute return concerns forgotten
Investors put concerns about absolute return funds on the back burner at the start of 2012, as they poured 880m into them in January alone.
