The financial crisis has increased demand for defensive stocks, such as Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline, which can offer constant dividends and...

First State Investments International has opened a representative office in Frankfurt am Main as it continues its expansion in continental...

Palmer & Harvey, a UK wholesale business, has hired a fiduciary manager to invest £120 million (€148 million) of pension...

Alix Capital has launched six single-strategy indices that will allow investors to gain exposure to Ucits-compliant hedge funds. There is...

Long-term fund sales in Europe hit a four-month high in July, according to Lipper, which registered net sales of €14.9...

Ucits should not be split into different categories, the European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama) said this week, even...

Lyxor Asset Management, a French investment management firm, said it would launch physical exchange-traded funds (ETFs) before the end of...

Baring Asset Management has unveiled plans to launch a fund investing in China-related bonds and renminbi-denominated bonds. Sean Chang, head...

The Skandia brand in its current form is to disappear as businesses within the Old Mutual group will be merged...

Growth in certain African regions and the Middle East gained momentum recently while the successful Brics economies slowed down. The...