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The hedge fund industry has come under attack from the G7 finance ministers. At their February meet...

OCTOPUS Investments has called on FTSE International to create three new AIM indices to provide greater transparency in what it believes is a varied and negatively perceived market.

PRIVATE investors are more confident than IFAs on the prospects for buy-to-let property, believing it will be the best performing asset class this year, according to new research by New Star.

Income funds could have a challenging year ahead, while it is time to go ‘back to basics' in the property market, warns some of the UK's top fund managers.

The new kids on the block: As the UK property market is becoming increasingly saturated, investors are turning to options abroad - and not just to more established countries. Rebecca Moore looks at which places offer the best advantages and how IFAs can...

Contract for differences: Using CFDs within a SIPP may not be an obvious strategy but with disciplined and controlled management they can be profitable, says Simple CFDs' Renato Rufus...

A GROUP of property companies has called for better training on property for IFAs amid fears they are ill-equipped to advise on this increasingly popular asset class.

FUND managers have called for a secondary market to be created for Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), thereby allowing investors to exit more easily.

FUND managers have offered investors an optimistic assessment for the growth prospects of UK property in 2007 predicting returns will be in the region of 8-11pc.

MATRIX Property Fund Management, a subsidiary of the Matrix group, will launch a new Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) within the next two months.