7th February 2011

Gartmore’s investment perspective

Happy Chinese New Year. We are delighted to bring you the latest edition of Gartmore's investment perspective online.

As you are probably aware, the big news for us is that Henderson Group plc has announced its proposed acquisition of Gartmore Group Limited (Gartmore). Subject to a number of shareholder and regulatory approvals and certain conditions, the deal should complete within three months.

This is a significant and, we believe, positive development for investors with holdings in Gartmore funds and represents the conclusion of our recent strategic review. Henderson is a leading international investment company with significant financial resources and a sound balance sheet. Henderson's assets under management at 31 December 2010 were £61.6 billion†.

Throughout this process you can be confident that the whole Gartmore team are here and at your disposal. All our fund managers will be at their desks, focussed on running the portfolios, delivering returns and similarly, the distribution team will be here to give you any support you need.

Click here to access this month's new content where you can read exclusive interviews and latest opinions from some of our key fund managers, as well as entering our competition, where you could win a Sony Bloggie Touch camcorder.

Changing themes in China

• Charlie Awdry welcomes in the Chinese New Year and looks at how he is trying to keep ahead of the pack

Multi-asset investing

• Tony Lanning explains how he uses a multi-asset approach to achieve absolute returns

Taking the cautious approach

• Chris Burvill looks to the year ahead and how he is positioning his Cautious Managed Fund

US equities - cause for optimism

• From Denver, Tom Marsico manager of the Gartmore US Growth Fund and Cory Gilchrist, manager of the US Opportunities Fund give their outlook on 2011

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For more information on any of Gartmore's funds, please contact your usual Gartmore representative, call the BrokerLine on 0800 212 433 or email brokerline@gartmore.com

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