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News
Bramdean Alternatives to move to private equity
The board of The Bramdean Alternatives investment trust (BRAL) is proposing to re-brand the trust to Aberdeen Private Equity, following Aberdeen’s takeover of the portfolio trust in November last year.
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Analysis: Britain’s trade deficit widens to 17-month high
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Aegon switches pricing on property fund to reflect inflows
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Himsworth loosens shackles in pursuit of growth
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Schroder and Henderson beat earnings expectations
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T Bailey to merge UK Best Ideas into Growth fund
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Money market funds hit by switch to equities
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Adviser focus: Paul Bovey
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Absolute return funds boost Gartmore’s assets under management
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Invesco Perpetual mulls Asian equity launches
Features
Big business
Western multinationals are becoming more interested in emerging economies as they are growing faster and are in some respects more stable than the developed world. Rodrigo Amaral reports.
Why invest abroad via the back door?
How to invest in Britain without investing in Britain. That seems to be a preoccupation of fund managers catering for the British market.
From This Week's Issue
SCAM
The Scam Roadshow is in town, tempting local IFAs with free food and umbrellas. But with a host of other fund groups competing for the same attention and space, won’t tempers fray a bit?
Behaviour insights give team the upper hand
Ross Hollyman of Liontrust talks to Hannah Smith about strategies and plans for European equity funds.
Fund managers diary
Robert Churchlow is head of the British equity team at Legal & General Investment Management and manager of the Legal & General Growth Trust. His diary runs from February 8-14.
Currency holds wealth of opportunity
A low correlation with other asset classes and the rise of emerging markets render currency funds a great investment opportunity–and an important source of portfolio diversification.
Strategy Blog
Beat your greens
If anyone wondered what I do in my spare time one of my favourite activities is upsetting “greens”.
Fund Blog
Swings and roundabouts
What a difference a year makes. A year ago £ Corporate bond funds were the most popular funds among retail buyers while property funds were still seeing redemptions.
American Blog
Cat and mouse
Cynics frequently complain that highly paid quants in unstoppable investment banks and hedge funds will always manage to stay one or two steps ahead of the regulators.
Collinson
It is time to eat our words on Brazil
The BlackRock Latin American fund’s spectacular performance throws the spotlight on a country that appears to have conquered its inflation problems and could return to 7% growth.
