06/20/2022
House prices in Great Britain hit record high but falls predicted this year
Rightmove expects cost of living crisis to have impact on market in second half of year
Alternative Investments
06/20/2022
World’s Biggest Hedge Fund In $7.2 Billion Bet Against Europe
New disclosures show it has made bets totalling €6.9bn against almost half the EURO STOXX 50 Index, which is dominated by French and German businesses.
06/20/2022
PE-backed venture led by ex-Intrinsic CEO buys Beaufort
Thompson founded Solomon last year with Darren Sharkey, who until late 2020 was managing director of Quilter's national advice business.
06/20/2022
HSBC AM unveils new capital solutions unit for expanding alternatives business
The firm added that the unit will become “a new horizontal within HSBC Alternatives
06/17/2022
Novia CEO: IFAs say I’m a private equity person – I’m not
He had, quite rightly, been appointed by the private equity company to lead the platform following the departure of its founder, Bill Vasilieff.
06/17/2022
Analysts warn shareholders on Boussard & Gavaudan trust proposals
‘Should be very concerned’
06/17/2022
USS launches its first asset-backed securities mandate
Following this mandate launch, USS will partner with USSIM’s in-house private markets team in seeking a more yield-seeking mandate.
06/17/2022
Advisers ‘need to be well versed’ in Help to Buy alternatives
The body suggested the creation of an industry-wide campaign to draw more attention to these alternatives, including advisers getting more clued up on them.
06/16/2022
AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown open up retail access to IPO and secondary fund-raising markets
There has been significant growth in the numbers of retail investors in the market in recent times.
06/16/2022
Macquarie Asset Management acquires state-of-the-art Dutch logistics real estate portfolio from VDG Real Estate
VDG Real Estate, part of the Van Dijk Group, invests in and develops real estate for clients in various sectors with a strong focus on logistics.
06/16/2022
PensionBee ‘benefit waiver’ causes industry uproar
“This means that we won’t check with your provider on either of these things, which can also help to speed things up.”
06/16/2022
AXA IM bolsters Global Credit team with CDI and Climate expertise
Monique, who joins from Insight Investment, will be working in the portfolio solutions team
06/16/2022
BlackRock to launch infrastructure fund focused on the energy transition
The strategy will be perpetual, meaning investors will be able to continuously invest capital over its life.
06/16/2022
Woodford fund loses 17% in value after holding folds
Link emphasised it had “worked hard” alongside other shareholders in Rutherford Health to support the new management to improve the company’s financial situation.
06/15/2022
UK’s largest asset manager raises concern over Ireland’s climate targets
Legal & General Investment Management votes against chairpersons in 80 companies for failing to tackle issue
06/15/2022
Could managed futures ETFs re-enter the fray in Europe?
Europe has been without a CTA ETF since 2020
06/14/2022
HNWs and surging cost of living drives increase in equity release
The trend is being driven by those at the top end of the market who may not be facing the same financial struggles as the average homeowner.
06/14/2022
Aegon issues fifth distribution as property fund wind-up approaches anniversary
Further £18m
06/14/2022
Cleveland Potash pension schemes appoint WTW’s OneDB
Raft of recent client wins takes OneDB’s consolidated pension service to over £4bn in assets under management across 22 clients
06/14/2022
BoE mortgage stats show uptick in lending as buyers rushed to beat rate hikes
The value of new mortgage commitments also grew considerably in Q1 2022 to £82.5 billion, up 6.7% on the previous quarter and 6.6% compared to the previous year.