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Aberdeen to buy Credit Suisse's fund management arm
06 Jan, 2009
Aberdeen has announced that it is in the process of acquiring part of Credit Suisse’s fund management business amounting to approximately £40 billion worth of assets. These assets include…
Norwich Union fund range rebrands to Aviva
05 Jan, 2009
On January 5th 2009 Norwich Union’s fund management arm will rebrand to Aviva. After this date, for example, the Norwich Distribution Fund will be known as the Aviva Distribution…
JPMorgan Balanced Total Return - change to charging structure
29 Dec, 2008
JPMorgan is planning to change the way it applies its annual management charge to the Balanced Total Return Fund. The aim is to make the fund more attractive to…
New Star International Property - dealing suspension continues
26 Dec, 2008
The Financial Services Authority has granted permission for the New Star International Property Fund to extend its temporary dealing suspension. Regulatory rules state that the initial suspension period should…
What happens next? Market outlook for 2009
23 Dec, 2008
2008 has been a traumatic year for investors. We have lived through a financial crisis of mammoth proportions. The sheer size of the bail outs and write offs have…
Lloyd George close two emerging market funds
22 Dec, 2008
Lloyd George has submitted an application to the Financial Services Authority to close two of its emerging market funds. Its Emerging Market Fund and Emerging Market Smaller Companies Fund…
SocGen to sell UK fund business to GLG Partners
19 Dec, 2008
Societe Generale has announced it is selling its UK asset management business to GLG Partners, a US listed company that currently specialises in alternative investments. SocGen’s UK arm has…
M&G UK Select - delay in fund manager return
17 Dec, 2008
M&G announced in August that the manager of their UK Select Fund, Mike Felton, would be taking an extended period of leave after being diagnosed with a serious illness.…
JPM US Equity Income - new fund launch
16 Dec, 2008
It is hard to imagine the US market offering a decent yield. It is traditionally a low yielding market and has been as low as 2% but the S&P…
Newton's fixed income star defects to Old Mutual
15 Dec, 2008
Stuart Cowley, the head of the fixed income team at Newton is leaving the firm and will join Old Mutual in the first half of next year. He has…