FTSE
Investment Trusts
Sam Vecht, manager of the BlackRock Frontiers trust, examines the pros and cons of frontier market investing.
14 May 2012
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Equities
The average UK growth & income trust has outperformed its open-ended counterpart by 6% per annum over the last ten years. Kieran Drake, research analyst at Winterflood Securities, explains why.
14 May 2012
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Offshore Investment
UBS has been granted a licence from FTSE Group to use its recently launched currency product, FTSE WPU (World Parity Unit).
10 May 2012
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Economics / Markets
European markets have paused for breath in early trading after yesterday's heavy sell off, as contagion fears in the eurozone resurfaced.
11 April 2012
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Economics / Markets
The FTSE 100 fell 50 points, or just under 0.9%, in early trading on Tuesday as investors got their first opportunity to act on a disappointing US jobs report on Friday.
10 April 2012
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Economics / Markets
European indices opened in the red on Monday, reversing some of last week's gains which lifted markets to levels unseen since last summer.
19 March 2012
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Economics / Markets
London's leading share index edged closer to the 6,000 barrier today, as financials put the FTSE 100 on track for its sixth straight session of gains.
14 March 2012
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