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Citywire Investment News
- Is the emerging market rally a red herring?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:26:40 Z
Emerging markets dominate the list of the world's best-performing indices year to date but can the region continue to go from strength to the strength.
- Why Chris Burvill is feeling a little more optimistic
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:05 Z
Henderson Cautious Managed fund manager Chris Burvill explains why he is feeling a little bit more optimistic about life this year.
- 7IM eyes EU sovereign debt for unconstrained fund launch
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:57 Z
Seven Investment Management has launched its first internally managed fund, an unconstrained vehicle with the flexibility to invest 100% in cash or a range of assets ncluding unloved euro area debt.
- WH Ireland launches EIS fund for ex Jupiter manager
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:45:57 Z
The stockbroker and wealth manager is launching a fund for former Jupiter manager Paul Sheehan.
- FTSE halts rally as Greece debt talks flounder
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:33 Z
Glencore (GLEN.L) drops on an FT report that the group was to pay a larger-than-expected premium to secure a merger with Xstrata (XTA.L).
Citywire News
- ?Toxic? pension system deprives retirees of 30% of income
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:30 Z
Retirees are missing out on £1 billion of income each year after falling foul of an opaque and unfair annuity market.
- Diary of a Dumb Investor: buying protection for the 2012 crash
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:46:47 Z
If 2011 took me unawares, much like Russian forces early in World War II, this year will be my Stalingrad ? and Personal Assets will help me turn the tide.
- Chart of the Day: Goldman Sachs says you?ll be richer this year
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:47 Z
And you won't have to endure a return to recession either, the bank's economists say.
- How I caught a good pension... by mistake
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:40 Z
My decision to start paying into a pension 25 years ago was a good one, says Lawrence Lever, even if it was a controversial 'with profits' policy.
- House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
The average UK house price is now £161,000.
BBC News
- Abbas to head interim government
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:14:20 GMT
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will head an interim unity government to prepare for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- Pakistan seal England whitewash
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:08:19 GMT
England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.
- Shot girl 'was playing in shop'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:37 GMT
A five-year-old girl was "happily playing" in a shop when she was hit by gang gunfire and left permanently paralysed, a jury hears.
- Merkel: 'Normal' to back Sarkozy
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:05:05 GMT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint cabinet session with President Nicolas Sarkozy, 80 days before French voters go to the polls.
- Race to drill into Antarctic lake
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:04:09 GMT
Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Athens talks cast lengthy shadow
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:10:38 GMT
Sentiment on global markets restrained by disunity of Greek politicians on austerity measures but selling looks modest
- Julius Baer hit after weak results and US probe
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:10 GMT
Weak results and an ongoing US investigation into allegations of tax evasion among Swiss banks hit Julius Baer which saw its shares fall 4.7%
- Dollar makes broad gains as euro caution returns
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:05:00 GMT
Sterling under pressure as more UK stimulus looms with yen the only leading currency to hold its ground against the dollar
- FTSE lower as investors remain cautious
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:01:46 GMT
Shares edge lower after robust data lifted hopes that the worst of the global slowdown was over and helped the FTSE rise nearly 3% last week
- Zero-based money is at risk of trapping the recovery
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:08 GMT
Bill Gross says low rate policy rations credit as fiercely as it does risk