Monitoring money market funds
The Investment Management Association (IMA) is planning to monitor the underlying holdings of funds within its Money Market sector, in order to meet new FSA and European requirements.
Three ‘Fs’ when picking funds
Jul 19, 2011
New research from Legal and General Investments suggests that IFAs select investment funds based on fund manager, fund cost and fund house.
Failing the stress test
Jul 18, 2011
The results of a ‘stress test’ by the European Banking Authority on ninety European banks were revealed at the end of last week, with eight banks failing the financial health check.
Pibs: Too good to be true?
Jul 16, 2011
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was featured in the FT today, commenting in an article looking at the features of permanent interest-bearing shares (Pibs).
Market numbers: Friday 15th July 2011
Jul 15, 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,843.66, down 3.29 points or -0.06% on the day and down 146.92 points (-2.45%) over the week.
What’s the alternative?
Jul 15, 2011
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford has been quoted in Investors Chronicle, in an article exploring alternative investments.
X marks the synthetic ETF spot
Jul 15, 2011
The suggestion from HSBC for providers of swap-based Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to use the letter x to identify the use of derivatives makes real sense.
Now Irish debt is ‘junk’
Jul 13, 2011
The ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Irish debt to ‘junk’ status with the prospect it will need a further bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
Market numbers: Friday 8th July 2011
Jul 8, 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,990.58, down 63.97 points or -1.06% on the day and up 0.82 points (0.01%) over the week.
Fund charges going in the wrong direction
Jul 8, 2011
We look at news that Standard Life Investments plans to increase the annual management charges on seven of their retail funds.
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