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There's some-thong wrong at M&S

| By James Phillipps | 04:43 | 25 July 2008

Some of the questions fired at Sir Stuart Rose during Marks & Spencer’s AGM earlier this month may have raised some titters, but shareholder concerns about the retail knight’s dual role will not go away.

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UBS move shows banks have little appetite for bespoke management

| By Charlie Parker | 12:27 | 21 July 2008

The news this morning that UBS is to effectively merge its wealth management business into its private bank offers a real opportunity to financial planners and wealth managers.

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Only the brave: Investor uprising overshadows Dalton Pakistan launch

| By David Campbell | 12:10 | 18 July 2008

Writing the New Frontiers investment blog can sometimes feels like shooting fish in a barrel. This is one of those times.

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Are bonds really a safe bet?

| By Sara Smith | 01:16 | 17 July 2008

Currently offering quite good value and historically less volatile than equities means investors are flocking to bonds - but are they actually as cautious a play as people think?

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All is not well with A&L

| By Gavin Lumsden | 04:20 | 14 July 2008

The haste with which Alliance & Leicester has been sold off to Banco Santander suggests the bank was in worse condition than previously thought. How many more banks are going to disappear during the credit crunch?

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Failure of Tri-Star experiment shows cautious funds are changing

| By Charlie Parker | 10:00 | 11 July 2008

It is easy to blame a difficult performance period for New Star for the collapse of the Tri-Star fund. But it must be recognised that it is also a feature of a changing market for Cautious Managed funds.

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Beware of false dawns, this market has further to fall

| By Charlie Parker | 10:40 | 10 July 2008

There could soon be a moment when the Sun breaks through this rainy July, markets rally and the City breathes a collective sigh of relief. Don't believe it for a moment.

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Sir John Templeton: 1912 - 2008

| By Charlie Parker | 09:26 | 09 July 2008

A dedicated advocate of mutual funds and leading philanthropist.

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Bradford & Bingley: the pain of watching Northern Rock in slow motion?

| By Matthew Goodburn | 09:51 | 04 July 2008

The Northern Rock crisis was hard to watch but this Bradford & Bingley crisis is like watching a Quentin Tarantino version which has been slowed down for maximum effect. 

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