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BlackRock: Strategic Solutions
Read Strategic Solutions for BlackRock's investment experts' latest thinking about the issues on your mind today
Marketing Hub: Transition planning with Brett Davidson
Events-Hub is delighted to announce the addition of Brett Davidson, chief executive of FP Advance
Avalon is the UKs original open architecture WRAP
Pioneered in 1999, Avalon is the UKs original open architecture WRAP. As a boutique, it specialises in be-spoke personal service, customised software and relatively low charges.
F&C: IMF Report on UK Economy - No need for a Plan B... Yet
The IMF has given its support to the Coalition governments controversial economic policy to reduce the public deficit through its programme of fiscal austerity measures.
7IM: Dangerous Generalisations
Bland assumptions made about investing can be lethal. Many get very excited about generalist comments that often cover a subject with all the individuality of a magnolia matt emulsion.
Asset.tv: BlackRock UK Income Fund
BlackRock UK Income Fund - Unique cycle is structurally not cyclically driven
Schroders: High risk strategy: the 1.5 million one stock wonders
New research published by Schroders, the global asset manager, reveals that 1.5 million equity investors have all their shares invested in a single company, a notoriously high risk strategy.
Schroders: The UK gilt market - the big picture
Since the credit crunch, the UK economy has embarked upon a slow and steady path to recovery, despite strong headwinds, while gilt yields have struggled to return to levels that are more consistent with the current economic backdrop.
The Multi-Manager Forums 7 to 24 June - reserve your place now
The Multi-Manager Forums 7 to 24 June - reserve your place now.
F&C: The ECB's role in the European sovereign debt crisis
Ted Scott, Director, Global Strategy at F&C Investments which looks at the evolving role of the European Central Bank in the soverign debt crisis.
LV= HALVES THE TIME OF TELE-INTERVIEWING SERVICE
LV= has reduced the time taken to complete its tele-interviewing process by 50% over the last 12 months, by removing ten questions from the initial process. This reduces the average interview time to around 15 minutes.
Scottish Widows: Techtalk
Our technical magazine for financial advisers techtalk is our free online magazine which is written by our technical experts and provides technically relevant, up-to-date information.
Defaqto: 23% growth in the number of travel insurance policies since 2008: consumer choice or confusion?
Defaqto has found that the number of single trip travel insurance policies on the market has grown by nearly a quarter over the last three years.
Aegon: Everyone has to buy into the vision
I was in Cardiff recently and had a very productive breakfast meeting with a diverse group of business owners. My task was to give an update on RDR and to highlight the tools available for a successful transition.
Death Date Due?
Ways both physical and cyber now exist to determine when the lights will go out on your world. This is, for some, a cross between visiting a Clairvoyant and your doctor to see what the future holds based upon your age, health, lifestyle and more.
JPM Global Consumer Trends Fund now has a 3 year track record
the JPM Global Consumer Trends Fund turned three years old in April 2011.
BNY Mellon: Newton Real Return Fund update - Webconference 15 June
Suzanne Hutchins, Fund Manager within the Newton Real Return team will provide a timely update on the Fund that aims to generate attractive real returns over the long term
Artemis: The Hunters' Tails
Since Euripides' original it's been a play by Racine, an opera by Gluck and a novel by Unsworth. But as, inter alia, sovereign debt keeps markets range-bound, the ancient Greek myth is an apt analogy.
BNY Mellon: NewsWire
Spain and Italy provide the most attractive investment opportunities in those 'peripheral' Eurozone countries
Prudential: PruFund EGRs remain unchanged
We are pleased to confirm that our latest Expected Growth Rate* (EGRs) for our PruFund Range of Funds remain unchanged for the next quarter. PruFund continues to do what it is designed to do smoothing the ups and downs associated with direct investment.
Henderson Monthly Bulletin - May 2011
Innovation has always been a vital factor in business productivity and competitive survival, but never more so than now. We are currently experiencing a period when unshackled technological innovation is challenging existing business orthodoxies,
7IM: We Dont Need No Education
As the summer season rolls around, financial circles customarily debate the merits of the old adage "Sell in May and go away, don't come back 'til St. Leger Day". However, no conclusions are ever drawn (because it is a proverb it's like trying to empirically prove that "slow and steady wins the race," and about as useful too).
Henderson: UK Property Unit Trust update
Against a backdrop of wider macroeconomic turmoil, the performance of UK property was resilient
BlackRock's Equity Income range
Income has never seemed more elusive. Interest rates in the UK have stalled at an all-time low
JPM Global Consumer Trends Fund has 3 year track record.
JPM Global Consumer Trends Fund turned three years old in April 2011, a watershed that has been met with high performance and great ratings.
Multi-Manager Forum
leading fund managers; Bill McQuaker and Chris Forgan from Henderson Global Investors, Gary Potter and Robert Burdett from Thames River and John Ventre from Skandia Investment Group will be visiting the regions in June.
7IM: We Dont Need No Education
As the summer season rolls around, financial circles customarily debate the merits of the old adage Sell in May and go away, dont come back til St. Leger Day.
Royal London 360° appoints new Head of Investment
Royal London 360° has appointed Vicky Ackers to the role of Head of Investment. Manx-born Vicky is a highly experienced investment professional, with an already distinguished career in the Islands financial services sector
Prudential: Do Multi-Asset Funds provide the solution?
Providing an investment option that meets the requirements of the FSA, creates a profitable advice model and delivers the returns the client expects can be a time consuming task for an adviser.
Henderson: View from the trading floor with James Gledhill
In recent weeks markets have become increasingly focussed on commodity prices. Silver fell approximately 30% from the end of April before rebounding about 10%. Numerous other metals as well as commodities such as cotton and sugar have experienced price declines recently though the time frames vary slightly. Sugar, for example, peaked at the beginning of February. Importantly, the oil price has also depreciated about 15% in the last couple of weeks.
Henderson: View from the trading floor with James Gledhill
In recent weeks markets have become increasingly focussed on commodity prices. Silver fell approximately 30% from the end of April before rebounding about 10%.
Scottish Provident: An enhanced product offering that is anything but standard
Scottish Provident strives to provide appropriate and valuable cover for your clients that keeps pace with modern day illnesses and treatments.
Asset.tv: Watching Brief: Martin Currie China Fund
This Report features, the Watching Brief special on the Martin Currie China Fund
LV= The eye of the storm?
From my limited meteorological knowledge mainly gleaned from watching Hollywood blockbusters,
J.P. Morgan Asset Management: Download our Adviser Charging report.
Download our latest FREE report, Adviser Charging: putting a price on financial advice
BlackRock are the latest firm to support PanaceaIFA.com
We are very pleased to announce that BlackRock is the latest firm to support PanaceaIFA.com.
Free RDR Roadshow with Origo, Plum Software, Standard Life, JP Morgan and Voyant
"Tools and technology to help you embrace the RDR" , the sessions are free to attend and will be interactive. You will meet industry experts from Standard Life, Plum Software, Voyant, JP Morgan (London only) and Origo.