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How JPM's Brittain hopes to turn around performance
Georgina Brittain, manager of the JPMorgan Smaller Companies Investment Trust, has defended performance, after its shares dropped 15% over 2011. She said the shares’ 21% discount to net asset value was an opportunity.
FTSE pulls back as Greece frustration flares
Strategist says ‘hard-balling’ from Greece’s lenders is understandable, but the move is a 'futile exercise in proverbially flogging a dead horse’.
SVG leaps on £50 million share buy-back
Shares in SVG Capital leapt on Thursday, after the private equity investment trust kicked off a £50 million share buy-back and reported that the value of its assets rose 11% last year.
Chatfeild-Roberts: Global brands offer best defence
Traditional safe haven asset classes, such as government bonds, offer neither safety nor value; global brands are the most attractive means of weathering economic turmoil, writes John Chatfeild-Roberts of Jupiter Asset Management
Fund of the Week: Henderson Global Technology
Frank Talbot talks with Stuart O'Gorman, one of the most highly rated technology investors, about what we can expect from technology in future.
Star manager Hepworth's key calls for 2012
A-rated fund manager Robin Hepworth, of ecclesiastical Investment Management describes the most important global macroeconomic trends and how to find long-term opportunities amid the gloom this year.
FTSE gains as Bank expected to turn on QE tap again
Hargreaves Lansdown (HRGV.L) drops after the investment manager reports slowing growth amid tough market conditions.
Fidelity’s Greetham: best of markets rally may already be over
Investors may already have enjoyed the best part of a recent rally in risk assets, Trevor Greetham, asset allocation director at Fidelity, has warned.
Asset Allocation 360°: Oil is losing its self-healing powers
In our latest edition of our quarterly publication Asset Allocation 360°, we take a look at how the oil price could play a crucial role in your investment strategy over the next few months.
Supergroup tumbles on profit warning; FTSE edges up
UK index back above 5,900 amid hopes that Greece is finally about to secure a deal for a new international bailout package.