03/14/2022
Baillie Gifford suffers worst month on record with £1.2bn outflows
The fund house’s US Growth Trust lost 3 per cent in February, however in the year-to-date to February 28 it lost 25 per cent of its value.
Alternative Investments
03/11/2022
+Simple Secures €90 Million in Growth Financing Led by KKR and Completes Three European Acquisitions
+Simple, the first brokerage insurtech to digitize and industrialize the entire insurance value chain for self-employed professionals and small businesses, accelerates its development in Europe.
03/11/2022
BBVA formalizes North American Stainless’ first sustainability-linked deposit
Acerinox and BBVA signed the first sustainable loan in the steel industry in Spain in 2020.
03/11/2022
BlackRock waives fees on suspended funds with 'significant' Russian exposure
In light of this the firm has waived its management fees and the fund's annual service charge from 1 March.
03/10/2022
M&G makes PruFund-style proposition available to Italian investors for the first time
Future is a new family of global multi-asset funds delivering ‘smoothed’ outcomes, which is designed to replicate the success of M&G plc’s flagship PruFund range outside the UK.
03/10/2022
Golding increases assets under management by a record amount
Our growth strategy is really paying off.
03/10/2022
KKR-Mirastar Adds Five Logistics Assets in Barcelona and Madrid
The five transactions are a mixture of standing acquisitions and turnkey projects and represent the platform’s ambition to increase its presence in Spain.
03/09/2022
European investment platform launches in the UK
Estateguru Marketplace Limited will begin its operations in Manchester, funding property and development projects across the North West region before expanding its services across the country, with a London office in the pipeline.
03/09/2022
LGIM tax profit exceeds £2bn for the first time
This marks a return to our long term rate of growth, having been resilient through the pandemic.
03/09/2022
Jupiter Emerging and Frontier trust board to propose liquidation
Proposal to include full cash exit
03/09/2022
Carmignac soft closes European long/short strategy at €1.5bn
The strategy run by Citywire A-rated Malte Heininger experienced a surge in popularity as investors looked to diversify exposure after positive equity gains in 2021.
03/09/2022
Three Mirova funds have received the Climetrics Fund Awards
For the third edition of the CDP Europe Awards, 11 of Mirova’s equity funds were awarded 5-leaf rating, the highest rating given by the CDP. Four funds received 4-leaf rating.
03/08/2022
IQ-EQ shortlisted for ‘Fund Administrator of the Year’
All finalists will be assessed by a panel of expert judges from industry-leading bodies.
03/08/2022
Sanne shortlisted in the ‘Fund Administrator of the Year’ category
Sanne is delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Fund Administrator of the Year category at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards 2022.
03/08/2022
James Hay platform assets dip £126mn
The firm said it will continue to invest in its service to get it back to levels which it said “our customers rightly expect”.
03/08/2022
Liontrust waives charges and fees on Russia fund
Backdated to 1 March
03/08/2022
Diversity Project launches initiative to increase female fund manager representation
More are set to sign up in the lead up to launch in January 2023.
03/08/2022
Architas launches multi-manager Article 9 fund
The new strategy will invest in digital transformation, health and wealth, and sustainable planet.
03/07/2022
Janus Henderson suspends property fund amid buyer search
Simon Hillenbrand, head of UK retail at Janus Henderson said, should the company find a buyer, the net proceeds of the sale will be distributed to investors.
03/04/2022
Regulatory uncertainty prompts fund house to explore property fund sale
The regulator's action is aimed at addressing the so-called "liquidity mismatch" which has seen open-ended property funds gate for withdrawals