12/23/2021
The top performing equity funds in 2021
T Rowe Price’s Frontier Markets Equity fund was the second best performing fund, posting a 38.82 per cent return in the year.
Alternative Investments
12/23/2021
Calamos Investments launches Global Sustainable Equities Fund
The fund’s co-managers, Anthony Tursich and James Madden, joined Calamos earlier this year and have been managing sustainable investment strategies since the 1990s
12/22/2021
International firm unveils universal life insurance product
It offers a ‘balance of long-term protection and upside potential to global UHNWs and HNWs’
12/22/2021
Schroder GAIA Helix surpasses $800 million in assets as it marks three year launch anniversary
The fund, which is hosted on the Schroder GAIA platform, has also demonstrated resilience on the downside, producing a positive return during eight of the 11 negative equity market months[3] since launch.
12/22/2021
Smith & Williamson Fund Administration appointed ACD on £1 billion of Brooks Macdonald Group funds
This deal builds on the excellent relationship we have developed with Cornelian Asset Managers and their funds since 2014 and is a vote of confidence in our experienced ACD oversight and operational teams based in Glasgow.
12/22/2021
Sustainable financing for the Hungarian economy: MFB reinforces its advisory services with EU support
The EIB grant to MFB is being provided through the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH), part of the Investment Plan for Europe.
12/21/2021
ITERAM Capital and Menara Capital agree strategic partnership
The collaborative approach between ITERAM and Menara will also benefit investors with the development of a diversified and comprehensive private debt offering ranging from thematic and multi-sector fund structures, to co-investments and direct investment
12/21/2021
Allianz completes €466m cross-border, prime retail portfolio debt transaction
The strength of this top quality and cross-border portfolio in sustainable locations is evidenced by the resilience it has shown during the volatility caused by the pandemic and which will support future value creation.
12/21/2021
Schroders adds £7bn Aum with Greencoat Capital acquisition
Greencoat will become part of Schroders’ private markets division - Schroders Capital - and will be known as Schroders Greencoat.
12/21/2021
AssetCo and Premier Miton given extension in River & Mercantile takeover talks
Discussions ongoing
12/20/2021
Insurance tech firm to double workforce on back of £6m backing
An insurance technology start-up backed by entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl is looking to double its headcount and expand into the US market on the back of a £6 million funding deal.
12/20/2021
EBRD invests in Alpha Bank’s first synthetic securitisation
The transaction will support Alpha Bank in enhancing its capital resilience by achieving risk-weighted asset relief of around €1.2 billion and will free up lending capacity.
12/20/2021
State Street and LSEG Expand Relationship
As an example of the new collaboration, clients can now access market pricing, symbology, and time series data from Refinitiv in the Charles River Investment Management Solution and the State Street AlphaSM Data Platform to better inform their investment
12/20/2021
Active ETPs see assets double since 2020
November YTD flows surpass all 2020
12/17/2021
Peter Hargreaves' fund house posts 560% profit increase
The firm and the fund were launched after Hargreaves approached Yiu to manage some of his family’s money, and subsequently he helped launch the fund with an initial £25m investment.
12/17/2021
Macquarie invests in Spanish transport infrastructure debt
Macquarie was the sole lender in the €60m of debt financing to the consortium that operates the AG-31 road.
12/16/2021
Transact hits £52bn assets as inflows rise 38%
Revenue for the year was up 15 per cent, to £123.7m.
12/16/2021
Kingstone Debt Advisory and DZ Privatbank launch sustainable real estate debt fund
The fund is registered as an article 8 fund in accordance with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and is the first subfund to the "Kingstone Debt Opportunities SICAV-RAIF" umbrella fund.
12/15/2021
MVI Fund II closes above the target
MVI closes MVI Fund II above the target – ready to create the next generation of market-leading Nordic companies
12/14/2021
Royal London offers talks over potential LV= merger
In the meantime, Royal London emphasised that the discussions will have no impact on day-to-day business, clarifying that there is no certainty that the discussions will result in a transaction.