07/04/2018
UK buyers replace Asians as most active investors in West End property market
The figures suggest the strongest buying activity by UK investors in the West End since 2007 when the group accounted for 51 per cent of the market by value.
Alternative Investments
07/04/2018
Legal & General buys largest ever build-to-rent site
L&G also aims to have 6,000 homes in planning, development or operation by 2019.
07/03/2018
Italian Bonds Attract Buyer in Shape of $1.6 Billion Hedge Fund
Hedge Invest reopens long positions in Italian, Greek debt
07/03/2018
Aztec Group supports Nordic Capital
We supported Nordic Capital with the Fund’s formation and fundraising activities and will provide ongoing administration services to the Fund and its investment structures from its Jersey office.
07/03/2018
GVC listing is Isle of Man first for TISE
GVC Holdings (UK) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of GVC Holdings PLC.
07/03/2018
Swiss Re expands German commercial insurance business
The Hamburg office operates as a branch of the carrier Swiss Re International.
07/03/2018
Chase de Vere profits hit by acquisition
Gross advice revenue increased from £51.8m to £57.4m and average fee income per adviser rose from £245,000 to £286,000 over the period.
07/03/2018
Greenlight Capital suffers fresh losses
Many of Greenlight’s top holdings such as General Motors fell.
07/03/2018
Invesco Real Estate buys French asset for German separate account client
This core office asset fulfils all our investment criteria and further increases the diversification of our portfolio.
07/02/2018
Billionaire hedgie Crispin Odey looks to boot out bosses at struggling Tungsten
It told shareholders not to take any action at this time.
07/02/2018
Impax speciality is booming. How is it protecting its niche?
Forster is confident that the firm's track record of sector expertise is a key advantage however.
07/02/2018
China Merchants Group Teams Up With London-Based Centricus To Establish $15B Technology Fund
SPF Group is a small fund manager that counts Joshua Fink, the son of BlackRock founder Larry Fink, as one of its partners.
07/02/2018
German group takes on 11 funds from Universal-Investment
The two German groups have had a longstanding partnership, which began in 1997 with the launch of the Acatis Aktien Global fund.
07/02/2018
Intertrust Ireland to create up to 60 new jobs in financial services
Mary Buckley, executive director of IDA Ireland, called Intertrust’s decision to expand its operations here a “notable endorsement” of the Republic’s financial services business.
06/29/2018
DWS to transfer fund administration unit to BNP Paribas Securities Services
As part of the mandate, DWS will transfer its fund administration unit, which is predominantly based in Germany, to BNP Paribas Securities Services
06/29/2018
Advisers join asset manager KID reform push
The clock is ticking painfully slowly, and time is of the essence as investors are currently presented with misleading information.
06/29/2018
Asset managers failing at plain English.
“The regulator’s role is to ensure that fund managers are not misleading or lying, and that their messages are appropriate and proportionate for the audience, but that doesn’t stretch to policing how they write it,” Caridade-Ferrei
06/28/2018
Santander AM unveils total return fund for new recruit
The pair were assigned to the multi-manager team under Vaughan.
06/28/2018
Generali to start exclusive talks to sell German life book to Viridium - source
Italy’s biggest insurer is expected to sell its German Generali Leben unit, which is in a “run-off” process honoring existing policies but not issuing new ones, for about 900 million to 1 billion euros, people close to the matter have sa
06/28/2018
Tavistock turns maiden profit after restructure
The results exclude advice from the Financial Limited network that Tavistock acquired but then sold to Sanlam last year.