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A VCT investing in the live entertainment sector is set to be launched following close on the heels of the Edge Performance trust.

THE net asset value per share of the Aberdeen Growth Opportunities VCT 2 has risen from 100.06p to 109p following the sale of three holdings.

M&G fund manager John Cartwright has forecast that prime commercial property in the UK will continue to provide positive returns in an uncertain property environment.

BERINGEA is seeking to raise £15m in a C share offer for the ProVen VCT.

SCOTTISH Widows Investment Partnership is overhauling its £7.8bn property division with the creation of separate UK and international property teams.

COMPANIES once linked to "unethical practices" deserve a second chance to be included in ethical funds, according to the 10th anniversary edition of the Standard Life ethical investor survey.

Reports show alternative investments are on the up and the public is more aware of the possibilities of using more esoteric investments to diversify their portfolios. But are IFAs shovelling hedge funds, ETFs and three hundred year old sofas into client...

OLD Mutual Asset Managers (OMAM) has hired a new European investment team to run the company's forthcoming European Equity long/short fund.

PROPERTY funds have taken "unprecedented" inflows in 2006 particularly during Q3, according to IMA quarterly figures.

CLOSE Investments is considering opening up the Latvian and Lithuanian property markets to UK investors through its new fund.