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Exchange traded funds (ETFs) company SCM Private has made its model portfolios available to retail investors for the first time via PrAmium's Discretionary Platform Service, dps Select. SCM, which is [...]

Investigations of pension fraud have skyrocketed since the economic crisis, according to the Pensions Regulator. Anti-avoidance investigations more than doubled between 2008 and 2009, figures seen exclusively by PW show, [...]

Real inflation may be as high as 8 per cent for many of Britain's elderly and it increases the cost of long-term care, an IFA has claimed. Writing on the [...]

Risk assets should continue to do well in the pro-inflationary environment, according to Apollo Multi Asset Management. Steve Brann, partner and co-fund manager, said the world was in a transitionary [...]

Sales of fund of funds this year have been the highest on record, according to figures from the Investment Management Association. Statistics from the IMA show year-to-date net retail sales [...]

Asia is the largest emerging market region in the world and is home to two of the fastest-growing major economies - China and India. Economic growth in Asia continues to [...]

UK GDP growth is expected to slow towards the end of the year due to spending cuts - in spite of better than expected growth in the third quarter, the [...]

Overheating in smaller Asian economies is not a major concern because central banks like to keep inflation low, according to Western Asset Management. Rajeev de Mello, portfolio manager on the [...]

Simon Ward, chief economist at Henderson Global Investors, said: 'GDP grew by 0.8 per cent in the third quarter, in my opinion it effectively scotches any discussion of QE2 at [...]

As authorities in western economies grapple with slow economic growth and exhausted policy tools, an old policy favourite, currency devaluation, could become an appealing option. It may be challenging to [...]

Further quantitative easing (QE2) from the UK central bank would create additional demand for gilts and drive yields lower, but could also trigger an increase in inflation, Gartmore has warned. [...]

Improved inflation figures will boost the Indian fixed income market, ACPI's Steve O'Han-lon has claimed. The head of fixed income and portfolio manager for the Q-ACPI India Fixed Income fund [...]

The disappearance of upward momentum in equity markets, coupled with the impending changes to be brought in with Solvency II, mean that pension funds are not planning any major changes [...]

India should adjust monetary policy to cool inflation after the fastest expansion of its economy in two years, Swiss & Global Asset Management has said. Stefan Angele, head of investment [...]

Eurozone GDP increased by 1 per cent in Q2, according to figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistical office. Last week's numbers beat estimates released in August and highlighted stronger-than-expected growth [...]

The number of older workers trapped in long-term unemployment has risen to a 10-year high, according to Age UK The charity found that two in five 50-plus unemployed workers - [...]

COMMENT: UK exports are rising strongly - but not strongly enough to raise economic growth. For anyone is hoping that net exports will grow to offset falling government spending, today's [...]

Grain price spike likely to be short-lived, but it shows why inflation is still so high What links the smoke cloud currently covering Moscow, and the price of a loaf [...]

Net retail sales reached GBP10.8bn in the first six months of 2010, the second highest level on record, with June's figure back to more than GBP2bn after a drop in [...]

Peaking lead indicators of global economic activity suggest imminent changes in sector leadership from deep cyclicals to defensive growth companies, according to Dalton's Glen Pratt. As a result, he continues [...]

Net retail investment sales have declined by 67 per cent from GBP2.8bn in May 2009 to GBP948m in May this year, according to the latest Investment Management Association figures. Its [...]

Retail sales fell below the GBP1bn mark for the first time in 18 months in May, with funds under management down by 3.5 per cent to GBP492.6bn, according to the [...]

Invesco Perpetual chief economist John Greenwood said measures set out by chancellor George Osborne to slash the UK's public deficit could contribute to rising inflation. Mr Greenwood said the rise [...]

COLUMNIST: The UK's trade gap remains worryingly wide Could it finally be happening - that net exports are at last making a positive contribution to the UK's recovery? Superficially, yesterday's [...]

Global economic growth could surprise on the upside after more robust performance than forecast, according to Thames River Capital. In their May report, Rob Burdett and Gary Potter, co-heads of [...]

COLUMNIST: GDP growth is down to less destocking - hardly a firm basis for recovery Today's figures show that the economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter [...]

Reviving greed has produced an investment 'sweet spot' for emerging and developed markets, according to multi-manager firm FundQuest. Peter O'Connor, chairman for multi-manager FundQuest, said recent improvements to economic growth [...]

MARKETS: Strong economic recovery stokes talk of tighter monetary policy. But keep an eye on China Inflation expectations have risen. The breakeven inflation rate - the gap between yields on [...]

Hundreds and thousands of households will be caught in the inheritance tax net because of rising house prices in the future, claims a leading tax accountant. Chancellor Alistair Darling announced [...]

More than half a million UK pensioners living abroad will continue to have their state pensions frozen, a European court has ruled. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg [...]

ECONOMICS: Inflation will fall this year, if only because past price rises mightn't be repeated. Consumer price inflation fell unexpectedly in February, from 3.5 per cent to 3.0 per cent. [...]

One in three IFAs do not expect the Bank of England base rate to rise for at least a year, while 6 per cent anticipate an increase during the first [...]

Aviva has reported a decline in its UK life and pension new business sales in the 12 months to 31 December. According to its annual results, new business sales declined [...]

House prices rose by 1.2 per cent month-on-month in January and 8.6 per cent compared with a year ago, according to the latest Nationwide index. According to the index, the [...]

Fund managers have expressed mixed opinions on the state of the Chinese economy after figures showed GDP reached 10.7 per cent in the final quarter of last year. For 2009 [...]

The UK will only reach a conservative 2% inflation average in 2010, according to Axa Investment Managers (Axa IM). Following average inflation of 1.4% in 2009, the UK is expected [...]

The Monetary Policy Committee kept the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent and anchored the quantitative easing facility at GBP200bn. The committee said it expected the programme to take [...]

ANALYSIS: Pre-Budget preview Chancellor Alistair Darling will have to announce plans for billions of pounds of tax rises and spending cuts in next Wednesday's pre-Budget report, economists say - even [...]

Investors need to move to protect their portfolios against the risk of rising inflation, BlackRock has warned. Brian Weinstein, co-head of BlackRock's fixed income team, said it would be important [...]

China's economy is set to exceed its 8 per cent growth target for this year, according to Richard Wong, manager of the $3.5bn (GBP2.1bn) HSBC GIF Chinese Equity fund. Mr [...]

COLUMNIST: Lack of petrol price deflation explains this month's rise Inflation has risen. Today's figures show that consumer price inflation rose from 1.1 to 1.5 per cent last month. Almost [...]

Inflation in the US will hit 3 per cent by the end of this year, already 100-130 basis points above its long-term target, according to the chief investment officer at [...]

The principal manager of the Kotak Mahindra Long Only Strategy fund said India could experience real GDP growth in the range of 7-8 per cent in 2010. Nitin Jain said [...]

ECONOMICS: If you believe simple gapology, we're heading for deflation. But you shouldn't How much spare capacity is there in the economy? This question should be the centrepiece of the [...]

The Chinese economy has entered a 'Goldilocks' growth phase after the GDP growth rate rose to 8.9 per cent in the third quarter, according to JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM), despite [...]

Market commentators remain divided into two camps - those predicting inflationary pressure to emerge and those who feel deflation is the most likely outcome of the economic crisis. While the [...]

Inflation risk is unlikely to be a problem in the short term, with economic conditions not expected to normalise until the latter part of 2010, according to Baring Asset Management. [...]

Inflation has fallen less than expected and could climb sharply in the next few months, Henderson's Simon Ward warned last week. The group's chief economist said the fall in annual [...]

The green movement keeps gaining ground, and not even the global financial crisis has posed much of a roadblock. Today, the importance of alternative and renewable energy has grown so [...]