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Investors flee to FTSE 100 ETF
By Rob Mackinlay 31-Dec-2008 Data on ETF shares created in the last couple of months show investors buying the FTSE 100 via ETFs at the highest level in seven years.A significant increase in the number of exchange traded fund (ETF) shares in issue which showed up in stock lending data demonstrated .. More »
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Investments

Rank	Sector	Report	3y (%)
1	Global Bonds	view	15.8
2	UK Gilt	view	15.6
3	UK Index - Linked Gilts	view	11.9
4	Asia Pacific Excluding Jap	view	11.8
5	Absolute Return	view	10.9

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Summary:

Funds using various strategies to achieve returns against a variety of benchmarks, aiming for positive returns regardless of market conditions.

Strategy: Absolute Return

No of funds: 55

AUM: £ 11.3bn

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Investments

Rank	Factsheet
1	Invesco Perp High Income
2	JPM Natural Resources
3	Invesco Perp Income
4	Invesco Perp Corporate Bond
5	BlackRock UK Abs Alpha

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AFI Aggressive (-23.5)

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Investments

Rank	Fund	3y (%)
1	CF Ruffer European	66.2
2	M&G International Sovereign Bond	52.3
3	First State Greater China Growth	45.9
4	SG International Bond	45.2
5	First State Asia Pacific Leaders	39.2

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Investments

Rank	Fund	3y (%)
1	CF Ruffer European	66.2
2	Gartmore China Opportunities	62.8
3	M&G International Sovereign Bond	52.3
4	Scot Wid Overseas Fixed Interest	51.1
5	Invesco Perp Hong Kong & China	47.8

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Sticking to what you know: absolute return products By Rob Gleeson 22-Dec-2008
The UK has long been used to a certain type of investment fund; long only funds that either actively or passively provide exposure to a market or asset class.

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