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Citywire Investment News

• 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.
  

• Why Chris Burvill is feeling a little more optimistic
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:05 Z
  Henderson Cautious Managed fund manager Chris Burvill explains why he is feeling a little bit more optimistic about life this year.
  

• 7IM eyes EU sovereign debt for unconstrained fund launch
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:57 Z
  Seven Investment Management has launched its first internally managed fund, an unconstrained vehicle with the flexibility to invest 100% in cash or a range of assets ncluding unloved euro area debt.
  

BBC News

• Network Rail boss rejects bonus
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:22:57 GMT
  Network Rail's boss says he will not accept his bonus this year.
  

• Delay in Greece bailout meeting
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:21:11 GMT
  Talks in Greece to try to agree new austerity measures needed to secure bailout funds and avoid defaulting on its debts are delayed.
  

• Syria troops step up Homs bombing
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:17:42 GMT
  Heavy artillery fire rocks the restive Syrian city of Homs, in what anti-government activists are calling one of the fiercest assaults yet.
  

• Transplant jaw made by 3D printer
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:07:11 GMT
  An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
  

BBC Business News

• Network Rail boss rejects bonus
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:22:57 GMT
  Network Rail's boss says he will not accept his bonus this year.
  

• Delay in Greece bailout meeting
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:21:11 GMT
  Government talks in Greece to try to agree new austerity measures needed to secure bailout funds and avoid defaulting on its debts are delayed.
  

• P45 tax form is given a reprieve
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:45:26 GMT
  The P45 has been given a reprieve by the UK tax authority after employers said they did not want to see it go.
  

• AUDIO: Life as a manufacturing apprentice
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:18:08 GMT
  Apprentices at a missile manufacturing firm told Radio 5 live what they like about the schemes and what they would change.
  

Citywire News

• ?Toxic? pension system deprives retirees of 30% of income
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:30 Z
  Retirees are missing out on £1 billion of income each year after falling foul of an opaque and unfair annuity market.
  

• Diary of a Dumb Investor: buying protection for the 2012 crash
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:46:47 Z
  If 2011 took me unawares, much like Russian forces early in World War II, this year will be my Stalingrad ? and Personal Assets will help me turn the tide.
  

• Chart of the Day: Goldman Sachs says you?ll be richer this year
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:58:47 Z
  And you won't have to endure a return to recession either, the bank's economists say.
  

• How I caught a good pension... by mistake
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:40 Z
  My decision to start paying into a pension 25 years ago was a good one, says Lawrence Lever, even if it was a controversial 'with profits' policy.
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Athens talks cast lengthy shadow
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:09:45 GMT
  Sentiment on global markets restrained by disunity of Greek politicians on austerity measures but selling looks modest
  

• Julius Baer hit after weak results and US probe
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:10 GMT
  Weak results and an ongoing US investigation into allegations of tax evasion among Swiss banks hit Julius Baer which saw its shares fall 4.7%
  

• Dollar makes broad gains as euro caution returns
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:05:00 GMT
  Sterling under pressure as more UK stimulus looms with yen the only leading currency to hold its ground against the dollar
  

• FTSE lower as investors remain cautious
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:01:46 GMT
  Shares edge lower after robust data lifted hopes that the worst of the global slowdown was over and helped the FTSE rise nearly 3% last week
  

FT.com - Equities

• Athens talks cast lengthy shadow
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:09:45 GMT
  Sentiment on global markets restrained by disunity of Greek politicians on austerity measures but selling looks modest
  

• Julius Baer hit after weak results and US probe
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:10 GMT
  Weak results and an ongoing US investigation into allegations of tax evasion among Swiss banks hit Julius Baer which saw its shares fall 4.7%
  

• FTSE lower as investors remain cautious
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:01:46 GMT
  Shares edge lower after robust data lifted hopes that the worst of the global slowdown was over and helped the FTSE rise nearly 3% last week
  

• Resource sector rally lifts Asian markets
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:03:28 GMT
  Asia-Pacific stocks end broadly higher, buoyed by US jobs data and MA rumour in the mining sector
  

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