Standard Life Investments

By Hysni Kaso

Advisers are starting to return to the UK commercial property market for the first time in two years as they believe the sector is bottoming out and they want to take advantage of the high yields on offer.

Standard Life Investments has rolled out its Luxembourg-domiciled Sicav fund range to key intermediaries in Germany via the Moventum fund platform.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has completed the merger of its UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) and Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust (GSM), following a near-unanimous vote by shareholders.

Standard Life Investments' (SLI) £320m UK Equity Growth fund has been rated AAA by Standard and Poor's.

Investors should pay more attention to overlapping economic and political developments which could affect financial markets, urges Standard Life Investments (SLI.)

Standard Life Investments' (SLI) Global Absolute Return Strategies fund (GARS) has smashed through the £500m barrier in assets under management since its launch in June 2006.

Investors will see long-term opportunities in credit, property and equities in 2008 and 2009, despite below-trend growth as the market recovers from credit and inflation shocks, according to Standard Life Investments (SLI).

Standard Life Investments' (SLI) Wesley McCoy is leaving retail fund management to move to a charitable foundation.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has added former SWIP bond strategy head David Millar to its multi-asset investing team.