05/07/2021
£30bn UK pension fund turns up the heat on boards lacking diversity
Latest report by Brunel Pension Partnership hardens stance on voting against firms falling short on disclosure and representation.
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05/07/2021
Liontrust launches ESG investment trust
Research commissions by the company revealed that over 70% of wealth managers and financial advisers have seen more clients investing sustainably over the past year
05/07/2021
Golding raises €440 million for infrastructure fund of funds
Golding Infrastructure 2020 is a fourth-generation fund and will pursue the successful investment strategy of its predecessors, with a global approach diversified by sector.
05/07/2021
Willis Towers Watson announces latest version of its DataValidator technology due for release
With insurers under pressure from increasingly complex reporting requirements, DataValidator 2.2 delivers accurate and reliable data with improved speed and efficiency.
05/06/2021
Investors flood out of US funds as interest rate concerns rise
In total there were net inflows of £4.4bn - compared with some £9.7bn in outflows seen a year ago at the height of markets' coronavirus crisis.
05/06/2021
Europe Loan Market in Lull as Mad Dash for Cash Becomes History
Loan demand, specifically from high-grade companies, “has been covered by an exceptionally high volume in the fixed-income markets,” according to Reinhard Haas, Frankfurt-based head of syndicated finance at Commerzbank AG.
05/06/2021
Aviva widens advice offering to investments
Aviva will now provide investment advice on Isas, general investment accounts/open ended investment companies and onshore bonds.
05/06/2021
Just Mortgages gives brokers option to work from home
“The pandemic has opened up a lot of eyes to the potential of working from home, and we’re really confident this will help our brokers to continue to deliver exceptional service.
05/06/2021
Morgan Stanley launches Oeic version of top $1.3bn global fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has opened up its Global Insight Strategy, which has topped its US sector over one and three years, to UK investors.
05/05/2021
Schroders surpasses €700 million for European sub-investment grade infrastructure debt fund ahead of €1 billion hard cap fundraising target
Schroders is today announcing that it is has surpassed €700 million in fundraising for the Schroder Euro Enhanced Infrastructure Debt Fund II (Julie II) ahead of its hard cap target of €1 billion.
05/05/2021
New €30 million travel tech fund lands in Dublin
TeamABC looking to back start-ups focused on sustainability and transformation
05/05/2021
French boutique partners with Louvre Endowment Fund
Paris-based group partners with the Louvre Endowment Fund as part of its mission to promote useful finance.
05/05/2021
Reassured launches advice arm
“Having long dominated the non-advised, telephony sector we are now broadening our scope to offer a range of ways to buy cover.
05/04/2021
Successful strategy puts financial services group in a strong position
During the reporting period the firm concluded the acquisition of Forth Associates, and an oversubscribed capital raise of £13m.
05/04/2021
Lombard Odier Investment Managers launches four Target Net Zero strategies
The strategies target a higher level of yield than the investment grade index, utilising insights from LOIM’s credit and sustainable research to understand the credit-worthiness of the underlying issuers to pay back their debt.
05/04/2021
BlueBay launches new public debt Impact-Aligned Bond Fund
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has launched a strategy which enables fixed income investors to allocate for positive impact by investing in liquid public debt markets.
05/03/2021
ESG interest drives ETF expansion in Europe
Institutional investors finding opportunities in seeding new launches
05/03/2021
Amundi bets on ETF growth with Lyxor acquisition
Firm to move to second place in Europe behind BlackRock
04/30/2021
What does the road to recovery look like for investors?
Ninety-One’s Clyde Rossouw and Abrie Pretorius, managers of the St. James’s Place Worldwide Income Fund and co-managers of the St. James’s Place Global Quality Fund, discuss the risks and opportunities available across the current global
04/30/2021
Addepar Expands to Europe With New Office in Scotland
Addepar plans to have a physical office in Scotland when it is safe to do so, according to local health guidelines.