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Citywire Investment News
- Poor returns and ouflows force Carmignac to shut thematic fund
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:02 Z
Fifteen years after it was first launched, Carmignac Innovation has 'not lived up to expectations', the French firm said.
- Elsa warns FSA life settlement fund ban has major implications
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:34:09 Z
The European Life Settlement Association have issued a strongly worded statement warning that a ban on Traded Life Policy Investments (TPLI) would damage other asset classes.
- Aussie firm sells 14 million Henderson shares
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:27:10 Z
Australian-based JCP Investment Partners has sold a little more than 14 million shares in the fund group ahead of its full-year numbers later this month.
- 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.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Brent crude oil breaks three-month high
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:13 GMT
Metals give up Friday?s gains from strong US labour data while WTI-Brent price differential widens to more than $18 in late-afternoon trade
- Greek worries weigh on Wall Street
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:14 GMT
US stocks followed global indices lower, as Greece appeared to edge closer to default
- Athens talks cast lengthy shadow
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:42 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%
BBC News
- Girl shot 'while playing in shop'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:31 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.
- Syria veto was 'betrayal' - Hague
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:16 GMT
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of "betraying the Syrian people" by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.
- SA 'resurrected singer' detained
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:29 GMT
A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.
- Suicide bombs ruled out by group
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:26:23 GMT
A group of men decided against becoming suicide bombers because they wanted a "long-term future" as terrorists, a court is told.
BBC Business News
- China loosens grip on yuan
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35:11 GMT
Foreigners allowed to invest directly using yuans
- Brazil privatises three airports
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:52:22 GMT
The Brazilian government privatises three airports, including the country's largest in Sao Paulo, in sales valued at $14bn.
- Network Rail boss rejects bonus
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:26 GMT
Network Rail bosses, including chief executive Sir David Higgins, say they will not accept bonuses this year amid growing political pressure.
- VIDEO: Greece restarts debt crisis talks
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:37:54 GMT
The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the resumption of Greece's debt crisis talks and China's refusal to pay a new EU airline tax.
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.
