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rdr effect seen on offshore bond sales to uk
New business sales of offshore bonds into the UK market last year ended up a fifth below 2011’s levels, which in turn were down more than 7% from the previous year, as investors shunned equities and similar investment products.
mobius given his third new fund in a year
Franklin Templeton has unveiled an Asian Dividend Fund for Mark Mobius, its 74-year old star fund manager and executive chairman, marking the third launch for him in a year.
fandc rolls out global small cap fund for Stanley
F&C Investments is to launch a global fund for small caps specialist Catherine Stanley.
managing partners suspends redemptions
Managing Partners Ltd, a Cayman Islands-registered asset manager, has revealed that it “imposed a redemption gate” on its Traded Policies Fund, becoming the latest traded life policy fund manager to move to limit redemptions.
matthews asia launches complement to gem
Matthews Asia has unveiled a Ucits-compliant version of its smaller companies strategy, available in the US since 2008, billing it as fund to complement investors’ existing large cap exposure to Asia ex-Japan.