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Investment Roundtable: part 3

In the final part of Money Observer’s roundtable talk investment stars Colin McLean, of SVM, Trevor Greetham of Fidelity, Julian Chillingworth of Rathbones and Devan Kaloo, of Aberdeen Asset Management, talk to editor Andrew Pitts about their general investing strategies for 2009.

Investment Roundtable: part 2

In part two of Money Observer’s roundtable talk with investment stars Colin McLean, of SVM, Trevor Greetham of Fidelity, Julian Chillingworth of Rathbones and Devan Kaloo, of Aberdeen Asset Management discuss UK investing strategies for 2009 with editor Andrew Pitts.

Investment Roundtable: part 1

In part one of Money Observer’s roundtable talk four of the investment world's stars - Colin McLean, of SVM, Trevor Greetham of Fidelity, Julian Chillingworth of Rathbones and Devan Kaloo, of Aberdeen Asset Management give us their expert views on the best emerging markets themes for 2009.

Adrian Frost interview

Adrian Frost of Artemis Income, is one of the top managers in the income sector. But with the loss of many bank share dividends and the general battering the sector and the market in general has endured, where are the bargains?

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All eyes on the great comeback

This year – we predict with some confidence – will be easier for investors than 2008. Equities will recover, but when and by how much is anyone’s guess. Jeremy Batstone-Carr, head of research at Charles Stanley Stockbrokers, sums up the dilemma: ‘The difficult bit will be spotting the turning point to get out of defensive asset classes and migrate into riskier assets.’

New Star burns out

The clichés about New Star’s rapid fall from grace have been predictable: supernova and falling star are just two of the headline writers’ favourites. Behind the clichés, however, the story of its collapse, from investors’ favourite to one of the industry’s most high-profile failures, could be a case study in how not to manage a fund management firm.

Not half as bad as Iceland?

Outspoken economist Willem Buiter says the UK was at the forefront  of events that landed us in a mess. He tells Iain Murray why the financial sector’s ‘act of self-deception and illusion’ will take years to dissipate – and why some regulatory stifling would do it, and us, some good