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Multi-manager spotlight - Comes at a price?
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Geordie Clarke TERs are often highlighted as being much higher for multi-manager funds than regular investment funds, but as Geordie Clarke finds out, some managers are finding innovations to bring down these costs Much emphasis has been placed on the fees ...
Variable market anticipates entrant.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Shaw A feasability study is being conducted by Hargreaves Lansdown into launching its own third way annuity product. The Bristol based IFA said that it decided to conduct preliminary research having not been convinced by the existing products already ...
Charlie and the shockalot factory.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Janet Walford OBE When I finally put down my quill pen and retire, my husband has this romantic notion that I will sit down at my shiny new home computer and pen a best selling novel. I sigh and explain that, to be a successful novelist you need a fertile imagination ...
Repossession figures misleadingly low.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Beckett Charities criticise CML figures Figures released at the beginning of August on repossessions do not give the full picture of the troubled UK housing market, according to several leading debt charities. Representatives from charitable ...
Mortgage spotlight - Shaken, but not stirred.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Laverne Hadaway Buy to let has been a stalwart of the UK mortgage market, until now. Laverne Hadaway asked mortgage brokers how they thought it had been affected by the credit crunch Buy to let lenders and associated organisations are putting a positive spin ...
Drawing interest.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mary Stewart With an increasing number of options in the retirement income market, Mary Stewart, marketing director at Hornbuckle Mitchell, considers why income drawdown is attracting greater interest than ever before. Investing is only half the pensions ...
Overlapping investments.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Christopher Traulsen UK equity funds carve up the UK equity universe along different axes. But how much do these funds have in common? The answers might surprise you, says Christopher Traulsen of Morningstar An adviser might think that he is diversifying his ...
SIPPs survey.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jo Dymock SIPPs are renowned for their ability to hold any permissible investment as part of a pension, but their opaque charging structures can leave investors and advisers confused. Jo Dymock sheds a little light on the subject Following a couple of years ...
My goodness, my Guinness.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Geordie Clarke Multi asset funds EXCLUSIVE Iveagh Private Investment House, best known for managing the Guinness family's fortune, has made its first foray into the retail market with its offshore multi asset fund. The Iveagh Wealth fund is a ...
Going for growth.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Shaw Is it more beneficial to roll up dividends from income unit trusts for growth or to go for accumulation units, which reinvest automatically? Gareth Shaw looks at the options Many unit trusts have both income and accumulation options, suited to ...
Tax spotlight - investing for children.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Marcia Banner When investing or managing investments for children, taxation also needs to be considered. Marcia Banner of Clerical Medical looks at this and other issues that need to be borne in mind There has been much change in recent years to the taxation ...
Rates held at 5%.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Beckett Interest rates were held at 5% this month by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, in response to market conditions, which saw CPI inflation hit 3.8% fuelling expectations of future rises. Interest rates were held at 5% this month by the ...
Statistics - September 2008.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Shaw Click on any of the links below to view this month's statistics in a PDF file UK Registered Investment FundsUK Registered Investment Funds Investment TrustsInvestment Trusts Insurance FundsInsurance Funds ...
FoFs declare increase.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe McGrath Fund of Funds under management at the end of the second quarter of 2008 reached GBP33.3bn, up 2% from the first quarter of the year and 4% higher than the same quarter in 2007. Fund of Funds under management at the end of the second quarter of ...
Top online stories.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ed Beckett The top 15 most read Money Management online stories from the month 18 July to 13 August for Money Management, published either online only or in the magazine were as follows: The top 15 most read Money Management online stories from the month 18 ...
NU reattribution to go ahead.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Janet Walford OBE Claire Spottiswoode agrees deal Agreement has finally been reached between Norwich Union and Claire Spottiswoode CBE over the reattribution of the 60% balance of surplus assets to 1m CGNU and CULAC policyholders. Over the next few ...
Form 59 transparency demand.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gareth Shaw Small life offices keep policyholders in the dark EXCLUSIVE Small with profits providers are keeping policyholders in the dark by using FSA legislation as a reason not to disclose with profits surrender values. When the FSA added Forms ...
Banking on a bounce.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe McGrath Structured product American investment bank Lehman Brothers has confirmed another issue of its popular enhanced returns structured product. The sixth issue of the enhanced returns plan has a choice of two investment pathways, linked to ...
CTF provider in TV launch.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe McGrath Nearly half of the British population in catchment for ad Children's Mutual is running its first full television campaign this summer to raise the profile of the brand, following a six week trial in January. The child trust fund (CTF) ...
Lender pulls from Northern Ireland.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe McGrath Hertfordshire based lender to concentrate on England and Wales EXCLUSIVE Prestige finance has withdrawn its products for intermediaries serving clients in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The specialist lender has become the latest ...