Investment management industry news news published by Gore Browne Investment Management from around the web. en-gb http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news// http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news// A record number of people in England and Wales were declared insolvent during 2009, new figures have shown. http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/personal-insolvencies-hit-record-of-134-000-in-200-316.php UK Economy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:10 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/personal-insolvencies-hit-record-of-134-000-in-200-316.php Should we all worry about retrospective http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/financial-services/taxing-times-317.php Financial services Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:54:24 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/financial-services/taxing-times-317.php Asian shares fall heavily as concerns about government debt levels in Europe continue to hit global stock http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/equity-investment/europe-debt-fears-hit-asia-stocks-318.php Equity investment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:29:17 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/equity-investment/europe-debt-fears-hit-asia-stocks-318.php The biggest bank in the eurozone set aside €9.48bn in loan loss provisions in 2009 but still increased annual net profit by 1% to €8.94bn to remain one of the world's most profitable http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/financial-services/prudence-helps-to-protect-santander-319.php Financial services Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:36:29 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/financial-services/prudence-helps-to-protect-santander-319.php Roy Thomson called commercial TV "a licence to print money", but that was swaggering rhetoric. http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/quantitative-easing-suspended-licence-320.php UK Economy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:06:03 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/quantitative-easing-suspended-licence-320.php The Conservatives say the decision to suspend quantitative easing made it 'even more important' for an incoming Tory government to make inroads into the £178bn budget http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/osborne-argues-for-tough-cuts-321.php UK Economy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:24:58 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/osborne-argues-for-tough-cuts-321.php Any British citizen who bases his or her vote on the 'flash' official national income figures showing that output rose by 0.1% in the final quarter of 2009 ought to be disenfranchised, writes Samuel Brittan http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/britain-has-been-hit-harder-than-you-think-322.php UK Economy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:31:07 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/britain-has-been-hit-harder-than-you-think-322.php GlaxoSmithKline is to pull out of certain health areas in the next stage of Andrew Witty's transformation of the drug group. http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/equity-investment/gsk-seeks-to-abandon-white-pill-and-western-market-323.php Equity investment Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:49:35 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/equity-investment/gsk-seeks-to-abandon-white-pill-and-western-market-323.php Paul Polman, the chief executive of Unilever, delivered on his goal of growing sales volumes while maintaining profit margins but the company's share price was hit by concerns over pricing and dividend payouts. http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/equity-investment/unilever-delivers-but-shares-fall-324.php Equity investment Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:42:27 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/equity-investment/unilever-delivers-but-shares-fall-324.php UK's £200bn programme of asset purchases – known as quantitative easing – on hold, Bank of England announces The Bank of England's monetary policy committee today said it was putting its £200bn quantitative easing programme on http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/bank-of-england-halts-quantitative-easing-325.php UK Economy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:25:00 GMT http://www.gb-investment-management.co.uk/news/uk-economy/bank-of-england-halts-quantitative-easing-325.php