04/17/2018
Consolidator unveils new buy-out offer for retiring advisers
The programme already has eight deals confirmed, securing £1.5m in fee revenue and adding £130m assets under management to Fairstone’s financial planning business.
Alternative Investments
04/16/2018
KBC Securities recognised once again at Euronext Awards
This will allow KBC Securities to further achieve its strategy in the future and become the reference for companies in all markets in which it is present.
04/16/2018
Industry Leaders Put Forward Vision Of Hedge Fund Firm Of The Future
The interviewees also discuss, among other themes, fees; succession planning; employee diversity; and “alpha”, “smart beta” and “alternative beta” based client solutions.
04/15/2018
Brexit will work out rationally – and that's one reason we bought Hermes, says US fund goliath
Federated vice-chairman Gordon Ceresino said while it was right people had concerns about Brexit, the key was "to analyse it and get your arms around it".
04/15/2018
EG Capitals Advisor Launches $75m Emerging Markets Corporate High Yields UCITS
EG Capital Advisors has announced the launched its Emerging Markets Corporate High Yield UCITS.
04/15/2018
Hastings chair Hoffman to reveal mutual interest in Coventry
The former Northern Rock chief is in line to become chairman of the UK's second-biggest building society.
04/15/2018
Investors 'to profit from Sky battle' says hedge fund manager Crispin Odey
Odey, the boss of hedge fund Odey Asset Management, said the development is ‘very good news for shareholders’ because it has brought to light how many firms could be interested in Sky.
04/15/2018
Hedge fund Elliott adds to calls for Whitbread to spin off Costa
The feared American activist is thought to hold the view that as much as £3bn of value could be created by splitting the coffee shop chain from Whitbread’s Premier Inn budget hotel arm, The Sunday Times reported.
04/14/2018
Start-up hedge fund Heijin Capital has big ambitions - but its partners are still at school
The fund called 'Heijin' is named after the Mandarin for ‘black gold’ Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-5616401/Would-invest-hedge-fund-partners-school.html#ixzz5CljbDUCM Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | Dai
04/13/2018
Parmenion and Sanlam launch onshore bond
Discretionary fund manager and platform provider Parmenion has partnered with Sanlam to launch an open-architecture onshore bond.
04/13/2018
Federated Investors takes majority stake in fund manager Hermes
Hermes will remain headquartered in London as a subsidiary of Federated.
04/12/2018
JOHCM unveils first multi-asset fund with income bias
‘Logical extension’ of firm’s long-only equity range
04/12/2018
New $100m insurtech investment fund launches
It will be one of the first global, independent insurtech investment funds targeting early and growth stage investments.
04/12/2018
‘50 cent’ insurance buyer predicts further market turmoil
London-based fund manager Ruffer says assets are riskier than they look
04/12/2018
US firm Quadrant targets €1bn of Irish property lending
Company expects Brexit to boost demand for Irish office space in the coming years
04/12/2018
Geneva adviser FFG launches first fund
De Marignac’s aim is to outperform the MSCI World index over a full economic cycle by targeting companies generating a surplus cash flow on a sustainable basis.
04/12/2018
BT Pension Scheme to sell majority stake in Hermes in £410m deal
Federated Investors to buy 60% of UK fund manager, with management team owning 10%
04/12/2018
Latest U.K. CMA paper raises concerns over abilities to switch consultants, OCIOs
The CMA said its analysis of the switching process in fiduciary management "indicates that the time and costs involved … can be considerable."
04/12/2018
HSBC Alternative Investments appoints State Street to provide back and middle office services
There are 325 Reserved Alternative Investment Fund’s registered in Luxembourg, and at State Street we service many of them.
04/11/2018
Royal return for Standard Life Aberdeen as princess opens new HQ
The visit came 21 years after the Princess opened Standard Life’s previous headquarters in the city.