IT Insider: underperforming BlackRock New Energy is worth a look
It's hard to spot a near-term trigger for a turnaround but altermative energy may be coming of age.
View ArticleCharlie Parker: Let's not over-think this, next year has a binary outcome
The start of 2012 may might feel surprisingly healthy, however the New Year cheer could evaporate within weeks as QE3 in the US disappoints.
View ArticleThe macro threats that hang over 2012
From North Korea to the Middle East and the presidential election in the US, there are plenty of uncertainties about with the potential to spook investors.
View ArticleBill O'Neill: markets still need reassurance from central bankers
Action by central bankers may nave been just the tonic markets were crying for, with the ECB helping to cut peripheral debt yields after reducing overnight swap fees. However Merrill Lynch's O'Neill...
View ArticleAviva Investors to cut jobs as review gets green light
Wealth Manager understands the firm's strategic review fronted by chief executive Alain Dromer has been given the green light by its parent with up to 20% of its staff facing an uncertain future.
View ArticleSeven reasons to back US equities in 2012
Terry Ewing, head of US equities at Ignis, believes the American economy has differentiating growth characteristics that will set it apart from other developed markets this year.
View ArticleOctopus closes £1.6 million Absolute European fund
Octopus Investments is closing its Absolute European fund as the European sovereign debt crisis wages due to a lack of inflows.
View ArticleF&C moves to fill Paras Anand void
The asset manager has appointed Mark Nichols as a replacement for Paras Anand on two European equity funds after the latter quit the firm for Fidelity.
View ArticleIs the scene set for rush into risk assets in 2012?
Nomura strategist Ian Scott believes investors are too nervous about the chace of catastrophic macro events and expects risk to be firmly back on the table as tension eases over the year.
View ArticleD’Olier the latest M&G analyst to earn his fund manager stripes
M&G Investments has appointed Colm D’Olier as deputy fund manager on the firm’s £548 million Global Emerging Markets and £419 million Asian funds.
View ArticleJohn Redwood: eurozone must break up to save itself
The Conservative MP and chairman of Evercore Pan Asset envisions no quick fix to Europe's all-consuming sovereign debt crisis.
View ArticleMorgan Stanley’s bear, bull and base cases for 2012
Morgan Stanley believes that European and American stocks will both witness a negative year in 2012, but policy decisions will have a large effect on economic growth and equity markets. So should...
View ArticleFTSE clings to 5,700 as Next plunges on trading update
Next's trading update has sparked a 5% slump in its share price as blue chips fight to build on yesterday's two month high.
View ArticleBlackRock to cut staff at European iShares business
BlackRock is planning to cut around 15 staff in its European iShares business, at a time when its US operation is also making redundancies.
View ArticleAberdeen hires bond specialist for multi-manager team
The firm has appointed Sonja Tilly as an analyst within its multi-manager team, where she will report to co-head of multi-manager funds Graham Duce and focus on fixed income.
View ArticleUnicredit shares suspended in Italy after plunge on €7.5bn rights issue
Italian bank Unicredit has seen trading in its shares suspended after they dropped almost 10% on the stock exchange in Milan after it launched a €7.5 billion rights issue.
View ArticleOil trims gains driven by US-Iran tensions as FTSE drifts
(Update) UK index hovers around 5,700 following Tuesday’s strong gains; Next (NXT.L) shares drop after trading update disappoints.
View ArticleCould India be the key investment call of 2012?
India had a torrid time last year but the deregulation of its equity market, along with some strong fundamentals, could make it the market to back this year.
View ArticleJim O’Neill: the factors I underestimated in 2011
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Jim O’Neill has conceded there are a range of factors he underestimated last year in terms of their impact on the global economy.
View ArticleM&G fund won't join 'flawed' global equity income sector
M&G Investments says the new global equity income sector is not suitable for its Global Dividend fund, believing the IMA's strict rules could ultimately prove detrimental to value.
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