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Citywire Investment News

• Poor returns and ouflows force Carmignac to shut thematic fund
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:39:02 Z
  Fifteen years after it was first launched, Carmignac Innovation  has 'not lived up to expectations', the French firm said.
  

• Elsa warns FSA life settlement fund ban has major implications
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:34:09 Z
  The European Life Settlement Association have issued a strongly worded statement warning that a ban on Traded Life Policy Investments (TPLI) would damage other asset classes.
  

• 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.
  

BBC Business News

• Brazil privatises airport running
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:40 GMT
  The Brazilian government privatises operations at three airports as part of moves to upgrade transport links ahead of the World Cup.
  

• VIDEO: Chinese airlines 'to shun EU tax'
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:22 GMT
  Beijing has banned Chinese airlines from taking part in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
  

• Gers Whyte may have lied to court
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:20:23 GMT
  BBC Scotland uncovers evidence which suggests Rangers owner Craig Whyte may have lied in court.
  

• Delay in Greece bailout meeting
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:35:23 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.
  

BBC News

• Blasts rock north Nigeria cities
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:11:40 GMT
  A police station in the northern Nigerian city of Kano and a market in Maiduguri to the west are rocked by explosions.
  

• Ian Paisley admitted to hospital
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:56:06 GMT
  The former first minister and leader of the DUP, Ian Paisley, has been admitted to hospital.
  

• Brazil privatises airport running
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:40 GMT
  The Brazilian government privatises operations at three airports as part of moves to upgrade transport links ahead of the World Cup.
  

• Radical cleric Qatada given bail
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:30 GMT
  Radical cleric Abu Qatada is granted bail following a hearing at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
  The average UK house price is now £161,000.
  

• The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
  The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
  

• House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
  

• Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.