Global Funds

LEGG Mason has unveiled its new look Dublin-domiciled Global Funds range.

DALTON Strategic Partnership has unveiled a global opportunities fund alongside a new private client service.

UNITHOLDERS in The Partners fund will be able to transfer tax free into Nils Taube's new S&W Taube Global fund.

SCHRODER is the latest fund house to go global in the search for income with a new fund launch.

SCOTTISH Widows Investment Management (SWIP) is to add a series of new funds to its UK retail range this summer with a European Absolute Return fund and an International Small Caps fund planned.

STANDARD Life Investments (SLI) is to convert its £20m Global Selector fund to an unconstrained vehicle with fewer stocks and a high performance target.

FIRST State head of equities Habib Subjally has ditched three quarters of the holdings in the Global Opportunities fund since taking over the portfolio at the end of August.

THE manager of the SVM Global fund has said the current climate has made it hard for investors to outperform.

FUND managers have rated Brazil as an attractive place to invest because of its solid fundamentals and positive prospects.

JAMES Thomson, manager of the Rathbone Global Opportunities fund, has blamed September's fourth quartile performance on the resurgence of large caps and poor performance from the gas sector.