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Woodford fund favours health and tobacco

I have been very careful in building a portfolio that avoids sectors that I believe are vulnerable to a faltering global economy

Germany Gets 80 Billion-Yuan Investor Quota for Chinese Market

The allowance follows similar arrangements for Paris, London and South Korea, which have also been granted investment quotas of as much as 80 billion yuan, as Asia’s biggest economy seeks a deeper integration with international markets.

Wealth manager RC Brown renames Marlborough fund

Change comes as wealth manager takes on the marketing responsibilities for the fund.

Carlyle Group Sells London Office to Blackstone for $514 Million

Investors have been competing to buy London offices to gain from rising values and rents.

Abu Dhabi-backed Carlyle sells London office for $514m

Carlyle Group was founded in 1987 and currently has assets totalling around $31.5bn

Netherlands launches financing scheme to support Pak SMEs

He said that the Dutch CBI programme also supports exchange of technical experts from Netherlands to Pakistan in 27 sectors of economy

Indonesia makes successful euro bond debut

The sale attracted €6.7 billion of bids

Old Mutual fund scores with cash and bonds

Old Mutual Managed Fund has outperformed other funds in its sector by putting the emphasis on cash and fixed-interest investments in a mixed portfolio of collective investment schemes.

Middle East Investors Expected To Spend Us$180 Billion In Global Real Estate Markets Over Next Decade

Close to $85 billion will flow into the UK, with $60 billion directed at continental Europe. France, Germany, Italy and Spain are among the key target markets

Gold bar returns ‘make London a no-go for UK investors’

Foreign interests using city as safe haven are making city ‘too hot’ for UK investors, Dev Secs group director says

New Goldman Sachs fund takes aim at European high yield

GSAM’s corporate credit investment team also manages the Goldman Sachs Global High Yield Portfolio

Junk Bonds: Attractive Carry, But Limited Gains Ahead – UBS

UBS doubts junk bonds can muster much more in the way of gains. But like a lot of strategists, UBS doesn’t see much out there that looks better for now, and recommends investors stay overweight the high-yield market

Private equity floats help push up bank income

Most of the increase was driven by private equity firms floating shares on stock markets. Fees handed to investment banks by private firms rose 45 per cent compared to last year, worth $5.8bn.

Where does the next generation of fund managers come from?

The winner doesn’t just get the glory of beating their fellow students, but the honour of having real money allocated from the Student Investment Fund

GSAM launches first UCITS multi-asset range

It will also be overseen by recently-recruited co-chief investment officer Neill Nuttall and global portfolio solutions international head Kathryn Koch.

German hedge fund investors interested in broad range of strategies

They are not that dependent on the direction of yields. But in general, we have reduced our exposure to these strategies.

Ex-UBS analyst Rosenberger is on top at the StarMine Analyst Awards

Appearing at the top of the Best Earnings Estimators list and third in the Best Stock Pickers list is Benjamin Rosenberger

‘Investors need better portfolio protection on risk’

Recent financial market turmoil has reinforced the importance of thinking seriously about tail risks, because traditional systems failed to warn of losses during the financial crisis

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management to rebrand international funds

The DWS Invest and DWS Invest II mutual funds, which are distributed internationally, will be renamed Deutsche Invest I and Deutsche Invest II by the end of August 2014, subject to regulatory approval.

SLI Property Income trust cuts AMC and looks at £100m share placing

Standard Life Investments Property Income trust has announced it is to cut its annual management charge

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