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At Threadneedle's Brocket Hall Conference last September the bond team outlined the imbalances caused by the almost insatiable demand for longer-dated bonds arising from the regulatory squeeze on pension funds and insurance companies.

Despite institutions being able to invest in both residential and commercial property, neither is a particularly large part of institutional portfolios and many have no exposure whatsoever to either market.

Stephen Wynne-Jones, Assureweb's director of product marketing, explains that integration is the key to a more streamlined future for the advice industry.

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The Britannic Argonaut European Alpha Fund has certainly livedup to its billing and significantly outperformed its peers. To listen to howCitywire AAA ratedand No. 1 ranked Europe ex UK fund manager, Barry Norris has achieved this clickhere

In the latest of a series of property related interviews, John Wilson, Head of Property at Britannic Asset Management gives a quarterly update on the performance of the property fund and the market.

The JPM Cautious Total Return Fund, launched on 1 July 2005, aims to generate 3% p.a. above the base rate (based on 1 month LIBOR), after the annual management charge over a medium-term horizon of two to three years.

Barry Norris is currently ranked the number one fund manager over one and two years by Citywire in the Europe ex UK sector.*

In the interview, Roger discusses the general aims of the fund, the portfolio construction and how management is shared between the two lead managers.

Putting life policies in trust - it's common sense but not common practice. If the experience of other companies is anything like our own, less than 10% of life policies are written in trust. And yet the need is greater than ever.