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Citywire Investment News
- Poor returns and ouflows force Carmignac to shut thematic fund
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:02 Z
Fifteen years after it was first launched, Carmignac Innovation has 'not lived up to expectations', the French firm said.
- Elsa warns FSA life settlement fund ban has major implications
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:34:09 Z
The European Life Settlement Association have issued a strongly worded statement warning that a ban on Traded Life Policy Investments (TPLI) would damage other asset classes.
- Aussie firm sells 14 million Henderson shares
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:27:10 Z
Australian-based JCP Investment Partners has sold a little more than 14 million shares in the fund group ahead of its full-year numbers later this month.
- Is the emerging market rally a red herring?
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:26:40 Z
Emerging markets dominate the list of the world's best-performing indices year to date but can the region continue to go from strength to the strength.
BBC Business News
- Brazil privatises three airports
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:52:22 GMT
The Brazilian government privatises three airports, including the country's largest in Sao Paulo, in sales valued at $14bn.
- Network Rail boss rejects bonus
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:26 GMT
Network Rail bosses, including chief executive Sir David Higgins, say they will not accept bonuses this year amid growing political pressure.
- VIDEO: Greece restarts debt crisis talks
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:37:54 GMT
The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst on the resumption of Greece's debt crisis talks and China's refusal to pay a new EU airline tax.
- P45 tax form is given a reprieve
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:55:24 GMT
The P45 has been given a reprieve by the UK tax authority after employers said they did not want to see it go.
BBC News
- US sanctions Iranian Central Bank
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:07:01 GMT
US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.
- Deadly quake hits the Philippines
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:07:01 GMT
At least 15 people die and 29 are missing after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes islands in the central Philippines.
- Awema attack 'racially motivated'
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:03:07 GMT
Criticism of a charity facing allegations of financial irregularity is racially motivated, its chair suggests.
- Man guilty of baby Abbie murder
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:56:57 GMT
A 32-year-old man is convicted for the second time of murdering his baby daughter at the family home in Glasgow.