Colin McLean: how I learned to stop worrying and love momentum
If the current environment persists, this year’s winners could also be the best pick for 2013
View ArticlePassive fund costs keep falling but beware the TER
HSBC Global Asset Management has upped the stakes by slashing the cost of its UK index tracker, but comparing charges across funds remains confusing for investors.
View ArticleBond markets let Spain's Rajoy off the hook – for now
MARKET BLOG: Where are the bond vigilantes when you need them? Spain's borrowing costs fall after a successful bond auction.
View ArticleThe Expert View: Easyjet, Cookson Group and Standard Life
Our daily round-up of analyst recommendations and commentary, featuring Cranswick and Telecity.
View ArticleAlliance brings on board Fidelity performance and risk guru
Alliance Trust has hired Fidelity Worldwide Investments' Duncan Squire as the vehicle continues with its raft of changes.
View ArticleBarclays snaps up ING Direct UK
The deal will see Barclays net 1.5 million customers and a £10,9 billion deposit book with 750 ING employees transferring to Barclays.
View ArticleFTSE 100 slips as IMF slashes UK growth forecast
Markets slide as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts the UK economy will contract 0.4% this year.
View ArticleGuinness trio launch sustainable energy EIS service
Edward Guinness, Shane Gallwey and Tom Hill-Norton have taken the helm of a new discretionary managed sustainable energy enterprise investment scheme.
View ArticleSantander AM boosts fixed income team with double hire
Santander Asset Management UK has expanded its fixed income team with the hire of Elena Kstova-Oksanen and Andrew Shenton.
View ArticleHenderson's Awdry bides time amid Chinese political inertia
The once in a decade leadership change is delaying stimulus measures to help support the Chinese economy, according to Henderson fund manager Charlie Awdry.
View ArticleAshcourt Rowan lays out 'ambitious' share price incentive scheme
Ashcourt sets share price target of £6 by 2016 and will hand part ownership to employees as price rises.
View ArticleM&S is bright spark as IMF gloom wallops shares
Attention turns to corporate America as global growth fears hit shares, with Capita, Aggreko and CRH among London's biggest losers.
View ArticleThe Expert View: BP, Capita and Barclays
Our daily round-up of analyst recommendations and commentary, featuring Diageo and Smith & Nephew.
View ArticleHow far can the technology dividend revolution travel?
The long talked about tech dividend bonanza is now starting to bear fruit and investors believe the story has much further to run.
View ArticleKing: have we paid too high a price to lower inflation?
The UK’s inflation targeting regime came into force 20 years ago, but Mervyn King asks whether we have paid too high a price for achieving lower inflation.
View ArticleAnalysts dismiss BlackRock bid for Man Group
Shares in Man Group were hot property this morning on talk that major shareholder BlackRock was set to launch a bid for the embattled hedge fund firm.
View ArticleBrewin Dolphin television launches
Private client stockbroker Brewin Dolphin has launched a web-based television slot to keep investors abreast of its latest insights and views.
View ArticleBAE Systems and EADS terminate merger talks
(Update) BAE Systems' proposed merger with EADS has collapsed following intense political and shareholder pressure.
View ArticleHow to spot the structured product winners rising from economic ashes
The economic turmoil following the credit crisis has thrown up some bargains in the secondary structured products market and Caroline Shaw at Courtiers reveals some of her top buys.
View ArticleWhat tightening Ucits rules mean for the ETFs
New European regulatory guidelines on ETFs and Ucits aim to improve standards across the fund industry. Deutsche Bank's Manooj Mistry outlines the implications.
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