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News and expert investment views

Latest investment news and updates from our experts covering our views on funds and important events in the personal finance and investment industry.

Invesco Perpetual Global Financial Capital - Fund launched

By Robert Harley  20/02/2012

Albion VCTs awarded 4 stars

By Adrian Lowcock  20/02/2012

Albion, the venture capital investor is offering the opportunity to acquire shares in seven Albion VCTs through this linked offer.

Fidelity Global Dividend - New launch

By Tom White  17/02/2012

Fidelity have become the latest group to offer an income-focused global equity fund with the launch of Fidelity Global Dividend

Cut your tax bill before 5 April

By Adrian Lowcock  16/02/2012

Now is the time to make sure you have everything in place to make the most of tax allowances and reliefs for this tax year.

Lifetime pension allowance changes

By Tim Stalkartt  14/02/2012

On 6 April 2012 the Lifetime Allowance - the maximum value that you can accumulate within all your pensions before incurring tax - is changing.

How can carry forward boost your pension?

By Tim Stalkartt  14/02/2012

Although annual pension contributions are now capped at £50,000, the new ‘carry forward’ rules allow investors to add up to £200,000 to their pension pot in the current tax year.

Inflation down: no respite for cash investors

By Adrian Lowcock  19/01/2012

Against this challenging economic backdrop, opportunities for investors do still exist. Our preference is for high quality corporate bond funds.

Threat to higher rate tax relief on pensions

By Tim Stalkartt  13/02/2012

We would like to alert you to new restrictions that could be introduced in the Budget on 21 March relating to the amount of tax relief that you can claim on pension contributions.

GLG Japan CoreAlpha Fund Closure

By Mark Lane  13/02/2012

The GLG Japan CoreAlpha and CoreAlpha Equity funds will soft close to new clients with effect from 30 March 2012. Whilst GLG made this announcement today the funds will remain open in the normal way until this date for both investments and redemptions.

Part 3: Our top investment opportunities for 2012

By Graham Frost  30/12/2011

Given the uncertain economic outlook, we believe it is important that investors ensure their portfolios are properly diversified. We believe that quality corporate bond funds that offer some additional mandate flexibility.

S&P downgrades. Is AA the new AAA?

By Graham Frost  17/01/2012

On Friday 13th S&P downgraded French and Austrian government bonds to AA from AAA, we ask what impact is it likely to have for investors?

SWIP Property Trust - price drop

By Simon Moore  10/02/2012

SWIP Property Trust has moved to MID pricing, the effect of this is price drop by 3%.

Double your VCT tax break

By Dan Tubb  12/01/2012

The New Year marks the real start of the 2012 VCT season that culminates at the end of the tax year on 5 April.

Fund manager of the month - James Harries

By Adrian Lowcock  01/02/2012

The Newton Global Higher Income fund is run by James Harries. Harries joined Newton in 1995, he left in 2004 for a brief stint at Veritas before returning in 2005 to take over the lead management role of the Newton Global Higher Income fund.

Puma 8 VCT - a 5 star investment

By Adrian Lowcock  10/02/2012

Limited life VCTs are popular with investors who are looking to gain the immediate benefit of a 30% tax rebate.

How safe are gilts?

By Robert Harley  11/01/2012

Gilts funds outperformed every other fund sector last year – with conventional gilts funds returning an average of 15.8 per cent.

Greek debt update: our view

By Robert Harley  10/02/2012

We remain of the view that the authorities will strive to act quickly to ring fence Greece to prevent a domino effect of sovereign defaults across Europe.

Our 5-star pick: Threadneedle UK Equity Income

By Adrian Lowcock  23/01/2012

Adrian Lowcock interviews Richard Colwell, manager of Threadneedle UK Equity income. Watch the video interview here.

Economic review and outlook - February 2012

By Mark Lane  03/02/2012

January was a positive month for equity markets largely due to the ECB’s Long Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO).

Infrastructure projects - a solid investment idea

By Simon Moore  19/01/2012

There are plenty of companies involved in the infrastructure space. Many of these companies are listed on stock exchanges around the world.

Our 5-star rated VCT pick: Northern 2 VCT

By Adrian Lowcock  02/01/2012

By displaying a very strong track record and using high quality investment managers, we feel Northern do stand out, it’s award our highest rating of 5 stars.

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By Lee Dooley  27/01/2012

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