Hill Samuel Investment Management Ltd

Advantages: very well known company
Disadvantages: none

...What to do? The question is the most common one, when talking about money. How to make my money grow? Saving? Investing? It looks a very simple thing, but it is not that simple specially to beginners, and I include myself to the beginning group, I am just starting to think about the future as primarily most of the young generation live to the present, day by day. Savings! What is that make someone save and not invest? Saving has in its conception no risk, you put your money into your account and it will grow. Invest? Now we are talking about risk, and your money can go up or down but basically all depends of the kind of the investment and the sort of money you have to invest. Deutsche Asset Management is part of the Deutsche Bank since 1999 when the bank decided to use “a single brand for all its businesses”, because... Read review

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Advantages: Low cost, wide choice of well managed funds
Disadvantages: Not always in the top 5 in performance over the short term

...Fleming Investment Management - Share plan service. From the moment I was old enough I wanted to open Investment Trust Savings plans having studied the Unit trust and other product alternatives. Remember these were the days of barely existent asset to share price comparisons and higher dealing costs. I have been with Flemings ever since and must have invested in at least 8 or nine different trusts depending on the prevailing winds. Geographic and Business diversity gives me a cheap window into worldwide markets with a basket of well-researched shares. Their product range has expanded and their costs have fallen without any affect on very good service. I do not have any work dealings with the company but must give congratulation where due.... Read review

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Advantages: They invest and look after your money for you
Disadvantages: The value of shares can go down as well as up

...Sun Life Assurance Society was established in 1810 and Equity and Law in 1844. You probably wonder what on earth that has got to do with AXA Investment Managers? Well, these well established and well known UK companies were the beginnings of a company which now has £45 billion under management in this country. Life assurance and insurance companies have been investing in the stock market and in property for many years and to do that they either employed their own fund managers or outsourced this responsibility to outside fund managers. When they employed their own fund managers it didn't always prove very cost effective. It would be difficult to attract and keep expert fund managers when fund sizes were small and when more attractive job opportunities existed in the City. So what to do? Either the insurance companies outsourced... Read review

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