http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:46:36 +0000 http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/july-wrap-update Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 A Wrap client who invested £10,000 in our medium risk growth portfolio a year ago would now have a portfolio worth £11,800, an increase of 18% over the last 12 months... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/july-wrap-update http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/april-wrap-update Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 We had an excellent response to the fund switch recommendation in March out of Invesco Pacific, and into First State Asia Pacific Leaders.  The First State Asia Pacific Leaders fund has been awarded the highest possible ratings from all of the various fund rating agencies... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/april-wrap-update http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/february-wrap-update Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000 In February the American Index, S&P 500 reached its first trigger point, and we contacted our Wrap clients to begin the progressive disinvestment out of the North America sector... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/february-wrap-update http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/january-wrap-update Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 At the end of December we investigated alternatives to the Fixed Income funds that we currently use on Wrap.  Our first recommendation was M&G Index-Linked Bond Fund which was first in its sector over 3 years and aims to secure the value of capital and income from the effects of inflation.. http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/january-wrap-update http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/december-wrap-update Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 At the beginning of November, the FTSE 100 neared its 2½ year peak as the Bank Of England confirmed interest rates would remain at 0.5%... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/december-wrap-update http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-november-2010 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 In October George Osborne announced the government’s Spending Review, outlining spending plans for the next four years and we were told that the UK economy had grown by 0.8% between July and September... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-november-2010 http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-october-2010 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 In September European and UK top share indices closed at their highest levels since April rewarding investors with much needed growth... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-october-2010 http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/cambrian-wrap-update-august-2010 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Construction grew faster than in any quarter since 1963 lifting the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.1% in the second quarter of 2010.  This is more than twice the expansion economists had been expecting and stronger than in any quarter since 2006... http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/cambrian-wrap-update-august-2010 http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-july-2010 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Since our last quarterly update in April, we’ve had volcanic eruptions in Iceland, riots in Greece, oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and if that wasn’t enough, in the UK we’ve had the toughest spending cuts announced in a generation from our first coalition government in 70 years. http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-july-2010 http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-june-2010 Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Emergency budget, first quarter growth and next Wrap review. http://www.cambrian-associates.co.uk/cambrian-wrap-update/wrap-update-june-2010