29th March 2012

Hub eNews: Budget news for your clients

"Despite the immediate headlines, the 2012 Budget was principally political in that the Conservatives have no chance of winning the next election if voters do not believe the economy is back on track. Everything else flowed from this, including Osborne finally remembering there is such a thing as a Laffer Curve and thus grasping the nettle of the top rate of tax. Otherwise - and I say this as a result of, not to diminish, all the hard work Marketing-hub.co.uk has put in to offer you and your clients a Budget overview as well as a Tax focus and some thoughts on the Investment implications - the chancellor's latest effort was a prime example of how Budgets rarely amount to anything more than tinkering around the edges of a zero-sum game."

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Schroder Small Cap Discovery Fund launch

If your clients are looking for potentially stronger performance in their portfolio, weigh up the new Schroder Small Cap Discovery Fund and  | add some extra muscle . Heavyweight fund manager Matthew Dobbs is AA-rated by Citywire and OBSR. He has proven his strength with the Schroder Asian Alpha Plus Fund, which has 1st quartile performance over six months, one, two and three years and since launch*. 

*Source: Lipper for Investment Management, bid to bid with net income reinvested, as at 29/02/12. Source for Citywire AA rating: Citywire, as at 31/01/12. Source for OBSR rating: as at 29/02/12.

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Join six leading fund managers at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham on 22 May from 2pm. Presentations from groups including BNY Mellon and Old Mutual Asset Managers will focus on a range of interesting investment themes . 

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