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Asset.tv Multi-Asset Masterclass Replay
This report features the Multi-Asset Masterclass with Caspar Rock of Architas and Talib Sheikh of JP Morgan Asset Management
BlackRock: Equity Income
It has become increasingly difficult to find core investment opportunities that generate a meaningful yield.
Defaqto: Platform due diligence: the six key areas advisers need to consider
The volume of assets under management on platforms has now reached £150 billion. And, according to a Defaqto survey of 232 platform users, advisers are now placing a significant amount of investment business through them.
7IM: A (re) balancing act
I do understand the term rebalancing the economy. After all, the UK has been increasingly skewed over the previous decade towards consumer expenditure and especially increased levels of consumer debt.
AEGON: Congratulations to Andy Murray and Sabine Lisicki
No.2 seed Andy Murray beat seed No.5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to become the 2011 AEGON Championships winner.
Henderson: Multi-Manager update
Concerns about European sovereign debt once again came to the fore during May as Fitch (a ratings agency) downgraded Greeces credit rating and Standard & Poors announced that Italys rating was at risk.
Ascentric: Advisers support cash rebates and transparency
An Ascentric survey of over 90 advisers showed that 90% agreed or strongly agreed that unbundled charging provides client transparency.
Artemis: The Hunters' Tails
So thats it, then. Lugubrious Alan Greenspan, maker of the mother of all that bubbles in mortgages, said this morning that the chances of Greece not defaulting are very small. The man has never used a positive when a negative would do.
AEGON: Open up guarantees to more of your clients with three new products
Were delighted to offer you more business development opportunities by launching three new products providing valuable guarantees.
J.P Morgan Asset Management JPM Cautious Total Return Fund webconference
The number one priority of many investors is 'not losing money'. With eurozone debt worries, Middle East unrest and disappointing economic data unsettling markets, now may be a good time for your clients to consider a more cautious approach.
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These days there are few people who feel truly secure in their jobs. Few of us are lucky enough to never experience redundancy, and its hard to imagine anyone doesnt know at least a couple of friends who have lost their jobs in recent times.
Defaqto highlights the options for giving new fathers financial peace of mind
With over 790,000 babies being born in the UK every year1, many men will be celebrating Fathers Day for the first time this coming Sunday.
Carpe diem - Seizing the moment in Social Media
In January 2011 social networks accounted for 12.4% of all UK Internet visits. Across the 9,000 social networks monitored by Experian Hitwise there were over 2.4 billion visits from UK Internet users during the month, more than in any other month on record.
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.
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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