Tag Archives: share-index


US gloom weighs on London

Times Online – Britain’s leading share index stayed in negative territory in mid-morning trading after failing to shake off concern about rising US debt and growing fears that General Motors will file for bankruptcy protection by Monday. The FTSE 100 […]

Jupiter Asset’s Bonham Carter gives up fund

Reuters – Edward Bonham Carter, chief executive of Jupiter Asset Management, is to stop running his Undervalued Assets fund after threatening last year to hand over the role if performance did not improve. New hire Patrick Harrington, who joined Jupiter […]

Fund managers put up billions to back cash calls

Times Online – Some of Britain’s most powerful fund managers are setting aside billions of pounds to fund cash calls from sound companies hamstrung by a lack of bank lending. Investment bankers say that they have been inundated with calls from […]

CQS launches $160 mln volatility hedge fund

Reuters – Hedge fund manager CQS said on Thursday it had launched a new fund that will aim to profit from the volatility that has gripped global stock markets for much of the past year. CQS, which had $9.6 billion […]