Property fund turmoil continues as three more firms cut value
Around £5bn of commercial property could be put up for sale as post-EU referendum turmoil prompts managers to revalue portfolios
February 2013
How your Child Trust Fund could be wiped out by new charges
F&C has imposed a £30 annual fee, with other players expected to follow
July 2012
Business leader
Sale of property assets has left British economy with unstable foundations
Business leader: Foreign investment in London property outranks even New York, but the free market creates housing bubbles and there's not much sign of a reciprocal arrangement
February 2011
Andrew Clark's business comment
F&C falls to a very American coup. Now what?
Andrew Clark
After a 'proxy battle', new chairman Edward Bramson admits he doesn't know what he's going to do with a Square Mile institution
January 2011
F&C faces knife-edge battle for boardroom control with Sherborne
Venerable fund manager's struggle to see off an activist investor will go down to the wire this week, analysts predict
September 2009
Market Forces blog
Rentokil ready to rejoin FTSE 100 as market edges higher
Market Forces blog
Balfour Beatty tipped for FTSE 100 departure
November 2008
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Meeting fixed to end trade stalemate
Martin Rowson
The prime minister says the summit was an 'historic agreement' that backs co-ordinated global action
May 2005
United fans' game plan is not a winner
Manchester United's fans, in the form of the admirable Shareholders United group, plan to establish a leveraged investment trust to buy shares in the football club with cash borrowed from Japanese investment bank Nomura.
April 2005
Trust industry chief heals split caps split
Daniel Godfrey, director general of the Association of Investment Trust Companies, apologised yesterday to his members for his handling of the split capital trust debacle.
March 2005
Split cap manager Exeter goes bust
Exeter Fund Manager, which was at the centre of the split capital investment trust scandal, went bust yesterday leaving hundreds of angry investors to appeal for compensation from the City compensation scheme.
September 2004
FSA appeal for 'split cap' financier
David Thomas, a City financier regarded as an architect of the controversial split capital investment trust schemes, has been granted the right to a public appeal over a decision by the Financial Services Authority to stop him working in the City.
March 2004
A home for investors' money
Proposed new unit trust-style "property investment funds" outlined in the Budget should make it easier and less risky for smaller investors to put their money into bricks and mortar, commentators said.
