ETFs

The rising number of products designed to give investors easier access to gold show there has been a rise in demand in the resource, according to JPMorgan.

Barclays Global Investors is offering retail investors access to asset classes previously available only to institutional or high-net-worth clients with the launch of three exchange traded funds (ETFs).

A lack of knowledge about Exchange Traded Funds could mean advisers are missing a significant opportunity in asset allocation business, warns Barclays Global Investors.

UNIT TRUSTS and other independent fund managers could benefit from multi-billion pound transfers out of life assurance policies after next April, reports the Daily Telegraph .