1999 Press releases

20 December 1999: Retail Investors Rush to Technology Funds as Industry Sales Soar (with statistics attached)

8 December 1999: Investment Funds Industry Clarifies ABI Announcement

29 November 1999: October - Best Month Yet for Investment Fund ISAs (with statistics attached)

3 November 1999: AUTIF to Press for a Regulatory Regime that Focuses on Outcomes, Not Detailed Processes

3 November 1999: Mid-Term Report on ISAs

25 October 1999: Investment Fund Sales Unaffected by Volatile Markets (with statistics attached)

11 October 1999: Having Your Cake and Eating It - In 10 years £10,000 has grown to £17,910 - at the same time producing an additional total income of £4,800

5 October 1999: Effective Investment Guide - Helping to tell the difference between unit trusts, OEICs and investment trusts

27 September 1999: Home and Away Wins for Investment Funds in August (with statistics attached)

13 September 1999: Learning, Earning and How to Save It

7 September 1999: The AUTIF Guides to Saving and Investing in Investment Funds

31 August 1999: Further Increase in Investment Fund ISAs in July (with statistics attached)

27 August 1999: AUTIF and Fitzrovia to Review Total Expense Ratios

3 August 1999: AUTIF Welcomes OFT Report on Polarisation

26 July 1999: Investment Fund Sales Up 19% on Previous Month But Regular Savings Sales Prove Disappointing (with statistics attached)

14 July 1999: Appointment of Paul Smee as Director General of Association of Independent Financial Advisers

12 July 1999: Hard-Earned Cash Works so Much Harder in Equity Funds

28 June 1999: 50% Increase in Number of Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) (with statistics attached)

1 June 1999: Revision of AUTIF's Investment Fund Classification System - Simpler Fund Performance Comparison

27 May 1999: PEP Grand Finale Pushes Funds Over £200 Billion (with statistics attached)

18 May 1999: Investors Say They Aim to Beat Bank Rates or Inflation

30 April 1999: Alan Ainsworth Elected as Chairman of The Association of Unit Trusts and Investment Funds

26 April 1999: PEPs Bow Out on All-Time High (with statistics attached)

19th April 1999: Income in Retirement - Are Annuities the Answer?

19th April 1999: Regular Savings Plans: The Winning Way to Build up Capital Over the Long Term

14 April 1999: UK Financial Knowledge Index Falls to its Lowest Level

13 April 1999: Stakeholder Pensions - AUTIF Response

30 March 1999: Investor Reluctance to Commit to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)

29 March 1999: Free Guide to Help Unit Trust and OEIC Investors Complete their 1998/99 Tax Return

29 March 1999: Soaring PEP sales boost industry figures for February (with statistics attached)

22 March 1999: The AUTIF Guide to Individual Savings Accounts

4 March 1999: Specialist ISA Training for Advisers from AUTIF

23 February 1999: ISAs - Look and Learn Before You Leap

22 February 1999: Final Quarter PEP Sales off to a Flying Start (with statistics attached)

9 February 1999: Unit Trust Investors Prepare for the Long Term: Retention Rate Increases to Over 8 Yrs

5 February 1999: What a Difference A Quarter Makes

3 February 1999: AUTIF Welcomes Government Proposals on Flexible Pensions Investment

27 January 1999: AUTIF Offers Technical Training on ISAs

25 January 1999: £21 Billion Retail Investment Fund Sales In 1998 (with statistics attached)

18 January 1999: How The Euro Affects Unit Trust and OEIC Savings

8 January 1999: Public Ignorance of PEPs and TESSAs Provides Challenge for ISA Launch