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Standard Sees Successful Firms Moving Towards Fixed Fees

Leading financial planning firms are beginning to move away from percentage charges and instead charge fixed fees

Artemis & Henderson surge up the fund sales table

Net retail sales at Artemis, where equity funds account for 70% of its business, jumped from £366 million in the second quarter to £498.5 million, which the report attributed to flows into the Adrian

F&C Investments Expands Popular Lifestyle Fund Range

It will be the lowest risk profile fund in the range. The retail fund is planned to launch at the end of 2013, subject to regulatory approval.

London Property Not Best Investment for Hong Kong Monetary Authority

London has proven to be a strong, liquid real estate market with robust demand for grade A office and retail assets over different market cycles.

Crédit Agricole Group Posts Q3 Profit

Crédit Agricole Group reported that its third-quarter of 2013 net income Group share was 1.433 billion euros, compared to a loss of 2.206 billion euros in the same quarter last year.

Aviva new business boosted by France, emerging markets

Insurer Aviva PLC said new business rose 14 percent across the group in the first nine months of 2013, buoyed by its core UK life operation and double digit growth in France and emerging markets.

Six Carmignac Gestion Funds Placed on Cofunds

Carmignac Gestion has made six of its six sterling-denominated funds available to UK investors over Cofunds.

Immofinanz in talks to expand German real estate portfolio

Austrian property group Immofinanz on Thursday said its BUWOG unit is in talks to acquire nearly 18,000 housing units in Germany

JP Morgan Reaps Rewards From UK Equity Fund Focus

Smith & Williamson merges UK fund range

Following the move, the UK Equity Growth trust now has assets of £40m.

3i sells majority stake in Bestinvest to Permira

Private equity group 3i has sold its majority stake in Bestinvest to Permira for an undisclosed sum.

Novia launches in-house DFM service

We are delighted to be bringing a fresh, new approach of DFM investment to the retail market

Invesco Perpetual: We Are Not Imposing a Dilution Levy on Woodford Funds

Invesco Perpetual has moved Neil Woodford's income fund range to bid pricing to protect investors from the sharp outflows

Ashmore hails birth of new fixed income star

The $5.8trn market for local currency corporate bonds has of course been around for a considerable time but Dehn points out it was only last week that Bank of America Merrill Lynch formally launched the world’s first index for this asset class.

Legal & General worlwide sales beat forecast

British insurance group Legal & General saw higher than expected sales as it continued to build a set of bolt on acquisitions into its structure.

Hargreave Hale to raise £20 million for VCTs

The group says up to 75% of the net proceeds of funds raised may be invested into the Marlborough Special Situations fund pending investment into qualifying companies.

Ascentric hits third quarter of record net new business

Royal London continues to flourish in the post RDR market where competition is focused on the quality and value offered by our products, service and investment solutions.

iShares sees increase in wrap platfroms' assets

iShares' ETFs are available on a total of 27 platforms and this data reflects assets held on nine of the major platforms: 7IM, Ascentric, AXA Wealth Elevate, Fidelity FundsNetwork, Novia, Nucleus, Raymond James, Standard Life and Transact.

ECB establishes standing swap arrangements with other central banks

The standing arrangements will constitute a network of bilateral swap lines among the six central banks.

New Emerging Markets Strategy For Two JP Morgan CIOS

The duo will adopt a flexible, strategic asset allocation and active risk management through currency overlay and liquidity assessment.

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