Investment Adviser articles from April 2007

Investment Adviser archives from April 2007

Investors robbed of savings on charges.
April 2, 2007

Engage shows their support for multi-asset class investing.
April 2, 2007

Equity Income not out.
April 2, 2007

FTAdviser.com logs onto the job market.
April 2, 2007

Lighthouse snaps up AGBP1m London Victoria.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Advisory firm sees off three rivals in acquisition of loss-making Friendly Society M&A Advisory firm Lighthouse has fought off three rivals to acquire Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society's (LVFS) loss-making IFA business for...

Balls defends Aim.
April 2, 2007

Reita ready to accept rules and regulations from FSA.
April 2, 2007

Snowdonia to step out on their own.
April 2, 2007

Barings pursues distributor status for fund of funds.
April 2, 2007... Baring Asset Management has applied for distributor status for its range of three fund-of-funds portfolios, seeing tax taken as capital gains rather than income. The funds, which include the AGBP27.63m Extended Risk fund, the AGBP12.76m...

F&C scraps Credit Suisse Alpha fund.
April 2, 2007

Capita Walker Crips Select Income fund.
April 2, 2007

Managers are hiding behind VCT tax relief.
April 2, 2007

Fed's Bernanke 'put' opinions unfounded.
April 2, 2007

Ronson's property sector warnings get endorsed.
April 2, 2007

Global growth set to follow through.
April 2, 2007

Women-only VCT launch on the cards.
April 2, 2007

Jupiter UK Growth Exempt renamed to UK Alpha fund.
April 2, 2007

White takes reins of Norwich Sustainable.
April 2, 2007

Big endorsement for large caps.
April 2, 2007

Massive tax bill if surety is not paid.
April 2, 2007

Arc product offers profit return in volatile market.
April 2, 2007

Vision Asia to list on Irish Stock Exchange.
April 2, 2007

New Star rejigs managers.
April 2, 2007

James Hay bolts on 13 new funds to wrap.
April 2, 2007

FSA warns investors over commodities market boom.
April 2, 2007

Templeton trust offers way out.
April 2, 2007

Martin Currie offers back-ups.
April 2, 2007

New Zealand Investment Trust board calls for dissolution after tax changes.
April 2, 2007

US credit scores low.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Increasing defaults in the sub-prime market are raising red flags, says Merrill Lynch mortgages Concerns are mounting over credit conditions in the US sub-prime market as lenders face a high level of defaults. According to...

Hurry and buy now while the stocks last.
April 2, 2007

S&P issues warning on fund risk-taking.
April 2, 2007

IFP conference to delve into wraps.
April 2, 2007

appointments.
April 2, 2007

Japan boosted by land price rise.
April 2, 2007

Managers becoming wary of value and risks in Asia.
April 2, 2007

Baring hits EM property.
April 2, 2007

Close VCT raises subscription on back of regulation change.
April 2, 2007

Vietnam buoys SVM fund.
April 2, 2007

ASPs could still work despite Budget news.
April 2, 2007

Dunstan Thomas provides pensions probability tool.
April 2, 2007

Alliance Trust and AJ Bell join forces.
April 2, 2007

Fidelity FundsNetwork sales up.
April 2, 2007

Consumers urged to cut savings risk.
April 2, 2007

JPMorgan offers cut-price sweeteners by end of April.
April 2, 2007

Retail investors to go over the hedge funds.
April 2, 2007

Mark Hall.
April 2, 2007

Creating an open, honest wrap industry.
April 2, 2007

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
April 2, 2007

Risky business.
April 2, 2007

Reading between the risk lines.
April 2, 2007

Gonna party like it's 2007...
April 2, 2007

Are you tough enough?
April 2, 2007

Would you walk 100 kilometers?
April 2, 2007

This town just ain't big enough.
April 2, 2007

Short-sighted vision.
April 2, 2007

Industry welcomes retail plan.
April 2, 2007

On your markets, get set...
April 2, 2007

Taking back the reins of power.
April 2, 2007

The sign of a broken system.
April 2, 2007

Credit is charging onward.
April 2, 2007

Index uses its powers 4Good.
April 2, 2007

Expect plenty more growth.
April 2, 2007

Enduring the paradigm shift.
April 2, 2007

In the pursuit of perfection.
April 2, 2007

Disseminating the information.
April 2, 2007... Byline: Aqrex is hoped to meet brokers' and fund managers' growing demand for investment research A new web-based investment research exchange is seeking to improve research procurement on small and mid cap stocks between fund managers and...

United we stand in the investment marketplace.
April 2, 2007... First it was the acquisition of Aon's UK multi-manager business by Close Investments. Then, in rapid succession, Barclays revealed it was in merger talks with ABN Amro, while Jupiter announced a management buyout from owners Commerzbank, to be...

FA Expo set for kick off on 17 May.
April 2, 2007

Is it the right time to panic?
April 2, 2007

Investment Trust commentary by Morningstar.
April 2, 2007

Baring set to launch two retail funds in UK.
April 2, 2007

Credit Suisse snaps up Aidan Kearney.
April 2, 2007

Advisers to stay on the trail.
April 2, 2007

Hedge fund tracker for retail.
April 2, 2007... alternative investments Merrill Lynch is considering rolling out its three synthetic hedge fund indices to UK retail investors, following a successful year of performance. The flagship Merrill Lynch Factor Index does not directly...

Fantasy World Cup gets Super.
April 2, 2007

FSA to widen money market funds' scope.
April 9, 2007... regulation Qualifying money market funds could be held within collective investment schemes if a new FSA proposal gets the go-ahead. In a suggested amendment to the New Collective Investment Schemes sourcebook, the City watchdog would...

Europe-wide deal for cover insurance.
April 9, 2007... ifa insurance The European Federation of Financial Advisers and Financial Intermediaries has struck a deal to assure its members can get professional indemnity cover. This week, the federation confirmed it had made a deal with Quantum...

Compensation fund levy set at AGBP94.5m.
April 9, 2007... The Financial Services Comp-ensation Scheme has set its initial levy for 2007 to 2008 at AGBP94.5m, including costs of compensation and management. The levies for brokers holding client money, pensions review advisers, and mortgage brokers...

Job hunt on FTAdviser.com.
April 9, 2007... Those looking for information on the latest jobs in financial services should search out FTAdviser.com. The site now includes FTAdviserjobs.com which has thousands of quality vacancies . Users can search according to specific keywords,...

Shortage of suitable shares sees Close Bros widen remit.
April 9, 2007... equities Close Brothers has widened the remit on its AGBP10.7m Reserve Equity Fund because of a shortage of suitable zero dividend preference shares on the market. The change, which was made in March, allows the funds to invest in...

Friends Prov fantasies still going strong.
April 9, 2007... The fate of England may be rising and falling in the World Cup, but the fans' interest in the Friends Provident Fantasy Cricket contest has remained strong. More than 2500 entrants are still vying for the main prize of two VIP tickets to...

Thomas holds down fort after Troupe exit.
April 9, 2007... fund manager move Michael Thomas will become interim manager for Martin Currie Investment Manage-ment's Japan Mid-Cap fund following the departure of current manager Kevin Troupe. Mr Troupe, who has been with Martin Currie for almost...

Cheviot's debut fund aims to stamp mark.
April 9, 2007... Byline: Soft-launch of multi-asset fund of funds confirms manager's ambitions in sector launch Cheviot Asset Management has soft-launched its first fund in a move aimed to help it stand apart in the multi-manager arena. The...

Hargreaves to run PSigma's Income.
April 9, 2007... PSigma's recently launched Income fund is set to become a permanent fixture in the AGBP414.5m Hargreaves Landsdown Income and Growth vehicle. Lee Guardhouse, manager of the multi-manager product, said he was poised to take a weighting in...

Fidelity Distribution multi turns into key sales driver.
April 9, 2007... Fidelity's AGBP26.4m Multi-Manager Distribution fund has taken more than a quarter of all sales into its range of multi-manager products since the start of the year, according to the company Investment into the fund, which sits in the IMA...