Archive Press Releases
You can read and download press releases from the Alliance Trust group of companies on this page. Releases are organised in our archive by date, with the latest releases appearing first. If you can’t find a release you are looking for or have any questions please email Media Relations Manager Jane Holligan here.
2008 Press Releases
January 2008 | February 2008 | March 2008
2007 Press Releases
January 2007 | February 2007 | March 2007 | April 2007 | May 2007 | June 2007
July 2007 | August 2007 | September 2007 | October 2007 | November 2007 | December 2007
2006 Press Releases
January 2006 | February 2006 | March 2006 | April 2006 | May 2006 | June 2006
July 2006 | August 2006 | September 2006 | October 2006 | November 2006 | December 2006
2008
14 March 2008
Alliance Trust highlights end of tax year pension planning opportunities
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03 March 2008
Alliance Trust Savings announces successful transfer of investment trust ISAs, PEPs and share plan wrappers from Allianz Global Investors
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22 February 2008
Alliance Trust appoints new non-executive director
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05 February 2008
Alliance Trust comments on its expected entry into FTSE-100 index
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04 February 2008
Alliance Trust appoints Head of Distribution for Alliance Trust Asset Management Limited
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23 January 2008
Alliance Trust offers discounted £10-a-buy Investment Dealing
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22 January 2008
Consumers ignoring worsening financial reality as budgets take more strain
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21 January 2008
Gold, platinum and diamonds to shine on in 2008, says Alliance Trust
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08 January 2008
Five reasons to be wary about prospects for UK growth in 2008
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2007
18 December 2007
Inflation rises for all age groups as food prices soar
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17 December 2007
Ethical concerns influence investment choices of one in four online dealers
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10 December 2007
Inflation movements top the list of retirement fears for working sixty-somethings
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05 December 2007
Choose a long-lasting Christmas gift, get the taxman to share the cost, and give your child a pension pot of nearly £2 million
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26 November 2007
Alliance Trust Savings appoints new Director of Pensions Projects
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19 November 2007
Low US oil inventories and lack of spare OPEC capacity behind recent spikes in oil prices
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Market View: Oil to float over $50 for at least three years (PDF 56k)
13 November 2007
Inflation rises for all age groups above the official rate as food and oil price starts to bite
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13 November 2007
Alliance Trust Savings reveals top investment trust choices for third quarter
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05 November 2007
First signs of belt tightening 'too little too late' to repair a year of runaway spending, warns Alliance Trust
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05 November 2007
Alliance Trust reveals ten top tips to Online Investment Dealing
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16 October 2007
Inflation rises for all age groups - but youngest and oldest still hit hardest
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16 October 2007
Oil to float over $50 for at least three years, forecasts Alliance Trust
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15 October 2007
Four in ten British adults expect property to contribute most to their retirement
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08 October 2007
New name spells increased commitment to Private Equity and Venture Capital for leading Scottish investor
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18 September 2007
More figures needed to determine effects of sub-prime crisis
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18 September 2007
Alliance Trust Chief Executive joins governing body of the University of St Andrews
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10 September 2007
New e-learning partnership with the University of Abertay Dundee
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04 September 2007
One in four Britons are failing to save any money into a pension, research shows
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14 August 2007
Latest figures show sharp falls in inflation for all age groups
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13 August 2007
Survey reveals online traders' secret deals
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03 August 2007
Kelly O'Donnell appointed Managing Director of Distribution for Financial Services Business
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02 August 2007
Market View - Despite strong run, still stockpicking opportunities in UK Small Cap
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23 July 2007
'Martini Share Dealers' take advantage of new-found online investment freedom
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20 July 2007
Families still caught in financial pincers between falling earnings and rising mortgages
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20 July 2007
Think you've "Never Had it so Good"? Ten year study warns big-spending Britain to think again
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17 July 2007
Cost of living rising nearly a third faster for UK's elderly
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10 July 2007
Alliance Trust guide "opens up" the Carnoustie Championship Course
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09 July 2007
Online Dealing Summer Sale
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06 July 2007
Alliance Trust signs on Miller Construction to develop new headquarters
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27 June 2007
Alliance Trust view on Hong Kong ten years after its handover to China
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27 June 2007
Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust PLC selects Alliance Trust Savings to operate Investment Plans, ISAs and PEPs
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21 June 2007
Alliance Trust urges Government to remove all restrictions on protected rights
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12 June 2007
Elderly inflation rate 36% above headline rate
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11 June 2007
Alliance Trust reveals top investment trust choices for first quarter
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11 June 2007
Father's Day gift ideas
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24 May 2007
Alliance Trust appoints new Non-Executive Director
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22 May 2007
Alliance Trust launches Full SIPP Illustration Service for Advisers
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18 May 2007
Legacy Analysis: Ten years of Chancellor Gordon Brown
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16 May 2007
Latest figures reveal that elderly inflation rate is still far higher than for other age groups at 4%
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09 May 2007
Two out of three advisers report SIPP business growth since A-Day
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09 May 2007
China to claim global export crown from United States by 2015
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18 April 2007
Spend-happy families "urgently need a Financial Reality Check", concludes 10 year study
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17 April 2007
Latest figures show record rate of inflation for elderly
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12 April 2007
Oldest households still hit by highest living costs
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03 April 2007
Alliance Trust calls for rethink on retirement income options - Letter to Ed Balls and background insight for IFAs published on website
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28 March 2007
Lowest income households face highest rise in living costs
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22 March 2007
Only days left to use all your ISA allowance in Alliance Trust’s value-for-money plans before tax year ends
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21 March 2007
ISA limit changes announced in today’s budget speech fail to make up lost ground for investors
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20 March 2007
Latest figures show jump in inflation for elderly at more than double Government's inflation targets
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12 March 2007
Alliance Trust launches innovative online dealing service
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16 February 2007
Rising China still attractive on long-term earnings potential
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13 February 2007
Society's two most vulnerable groups hit hardest by inflation
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30 January 2007
Katherine Garrett-Cox to join Alliance Trust as Group Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
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24 January 2007
Alliance Trust Savings announces successful transfer of Temple Bar ISAs and PEPs from Investec Asset Management
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16 January 2007
Latest figures show elderly inflation rate continues to exceed 4%
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08 January 2007
Alliance Trust announces the creation of 160 new jobs and also announces plans to build a new headquarters in Dundee.
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2006
12 December 2006
Latest figures show elderly inflation rate now exceeds 4%
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11 December 2006
Alliance Trust reveals top investment trust choices for third quarter
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22 November 2006
Alliance Trust acquires venture capital company adding private equity to its investment team
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20 November 2006
Alliance Trust announces new board director and Chief Executive of expanding financial services business
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14 November 2006
Latest monthly figures show elderly inflation rate still creeping higher
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14 November 2006
Latest monthly figures show elderly inflation rate still creeping higher
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10 November 2006
Alliance Trust Savings gives voice to Private Investors
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06 November 2006
Alliance Trust opens doors to Asia with offer on debut OEICs
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30 October 2006
Investec selects Alliance Trust Savings to administer Temple Bar ISAs & PEPs
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27 October 2006
First-time buyers' struggle to get on housing ladder is 60% tougher than for their parents
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20 October 2006
Latest figures show inflation falling for all age groups except the elderly
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18 October 2006
Alliance Trust's new Asset Management Company announces details of its first investment funds
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25 September 2006
Alliance Trust PLC to launch new Asset Management business
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25 September 2006
Analysis: Ten years of Chancellor Gordon Brown
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18 September 2006
Alliance Trust PLC reports rise in half-year revenue
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11 July 2006
Alliance Trust announces the retirement of director Sheila Ruckley
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10 July 2006
G8 set to decline as its share of world output will be almost halved by 2050
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26 June 2006
Rising cost of "Bare Necessities" is hitting elderly hardest
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21 June 2006
Court sanctions merger by way of scheme of arrangement
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06 June 2006
Market View: Mixture of strong global sales, restructuring and signs of domestic uplift are brightening investment outlook in Germany, but consumer market yet to convince
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12 May 2006
Retirement hotspots study predicts North - South rebound
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10 May 2006
Shareholders approve merger of The Alliance Trust PLC and The Second Alliance Trust PLC
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2 May 2006
Alliance Trust Savings and Martin Currie finalise transfer deal
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25 April 2006
Market View: Sharp spikes in UK gas market will ease as new supplies come on-stream
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4 April 2006
Retirement Uncertainty Splits Optimists and Pessimists Right Down the Middle
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22 March 2006
New Inheritance Tax liability on Alternatively Secured Pensions
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20 March 2006
Recommended merger of The Alliance Trust PLC and The Second Alliance Trust PLC
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20 March 2006
The Alliance Trust PLC final results
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01 February 2006
Specialist pensions provider celebrates growth as it opens its 500th SSAS
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