Man In The News: Leo Noé 5 September 2008 - Property Week F&C tie-up helps Reit founder pursue his call to alms Leo Noé is well known for his astute sense of timing, shrewd negotiating skills and the ability to profit from taking risks in terrain where others dare not... F&C completes REIT merger 4 September 2008 - FT Adviser F&C has completed of the merger of its property asset management business in the UK and Ireland with property asset manager REIT. Advertising In an announcement on to the London Stock Exchange today (4 September), F&C said the newly combined entity would be called F&C REIT Asset... US small cap funds top the tables in August 4 September 2008 - Professional Adviser US small cap funds performed well in August, with the F&C US Smaller Companies fund topping the IMA's performance ratings for the month. Buoyed by a gradual strengthening of the dollar and higher than expected GDP growth of... New IMA bond sector highlights growth of strategic credit funds 2 September 2008 - Easier As the F&C Extra Income and Strategic Bond funds are moved to the new IMA Strategic Bond sector, Fatima Luis, manager of both funds, has given a broad welcome to the new... F&C looks to launch absolute return fund 1 September 2008 - FT Adviser F&C Investments is mooting the idea of launching a new absolute return portfolio to compete with BlackRock's £1.4bn UK Absolute Alpha fund. Advertising The new vehicle, which is currently being tested, would be run by Stephen Crewe and Chris Childs of the alternative investments team and... F&C calls Northern Rock collapse one-off 1 September 2008 - FT Adviser Northern Rock's dramatic collapse is unlikely to be repeated by other UK banks, according to Ted Scott, manager of the £125.8m F&C UK Growth & Income... F&C Property Asset Management plc - Essex 29 August 2008 - Property Mall F&C Property Asset Management plc, on behalf of client F&C Commercial Property Holdings Limited, has sold the leasehold investment at Lion Walk shopping centre in Colchester, Essex to LaSalle Investment Management for 69... F&C Property sells Lion Walk, Colchester for £69m 28 August 2008 - Shopping Centre F&C Property has sold the Lion Walk shopping centre in Colchester, Essex to LaSalle Investment Management for £69m Lion Walk shopping centre was built in 1977 and comprises 236,000 sq ft of retail with some offices and residential... F&C chief builds war chest to scoop up market bargains 31 July 2008 - Easier One of the UK's most popular savings vehicles for small investors, the 140-year old Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, is preparing to go bargain hunting after sharp falls in the stock... F&C Property Asset Management plc - Worcestshire 31 July 2008 - ConstructionMall.com F&C Property Asset Management plc, acting on behalf of our Multi-Manager Mandate, has purchased the freehold investment of a 150,000 sq ft (13,935 sq m) warehouse facility in Droitwich, Worcestershire for Â... Making the most of Child Trust Funds 23 July 2008 - Moneywise Magazine Children risk losing out financially if parents pick cash Child Trust Funds over equities. Lindsey Rogerson shows how investing little, but often, can bring growth and protection at the same... F&C Asset Management to merge property business, REIT to create asset manager 22 July 2008 - Hemscott LONDON (Thomson Financial) - F&C Asset Management Plc. said it will combine its UK and Ireland property asset management operations with REIT to form F&C REIT Asset Management, with total assets under management of... Innovative F&C multi-asset fund wins Product of the Year Award 18 July 2008 - Easier Leading asset management group, F&C Investments, has won the Product of the Year Award in the 2008 European Pensions Awards held in London last night. F&C beat a short-list which included products from AXA Enterprise, BlackRock, Lincoln Financial Group and Scottish Widows with its... F&C Asset Management's Lifestyle range goes live with Zurich 16 July 2008 - Banking Business Review The four unfettered funds of funds - Lifestyle Defensive, Lifestyle Cautious, Lifestyle Balanced and Lifestyle Growth - are designed to match the core asset allocation models generated by Dynamic Planner, an independent risk profiling... UK has entered bear market, says F&C's Scott 9 July 2008 - Investment Week F&C's Ted Scott said although the current economic backdrop suggests we are not in a recession UK equities have technically entered a bear market. He said: "With UK and European equity markets opening sharply lower this morning led by miners and banks feeling the worst of the pain, the FTSE 100.