12/10/2014
Sovereign wealth funds are known for their sophistication and long-term time frame, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that they were highly active picking up bargains during the European debt crisis.
12/10/2014
This is well known. But new research shows just how remarkably busy they were at a time when everyone else was heading for the hills.
12/10/2014
The exchange operator said in June, when it agreed to buy Frank Russell for $2.7 billion, that it would conduct a “comprehensive review” of the unit, which manages about $275 billion in assets.
12/10/2014
Allianzgi Launches Alternatives Group
He has worked on AllianzGI's alternatives product offering through this year, having joined the firm in July 2013 from the hedge fund firm Tradewinds Investment Management
12/10/2014
ViClarity warned against implementing ‘quick fixes’ that may not be effective in the long term
12/10/2014
Italian banks boosted their holdings of the country’s sovereign debt to a record high as a third recession in six years damped lending to companies and individuals.
12/10/2014
Towergate Insurance sells Hayward Aviation to global broker
Insurance broker Towergate has made the first of a number of expected sell offs as it strives to balance the books amid heavy losses.
12/09/2014
Man Group plc announced today that it has entered into a conditional agreement with Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC to acquire the investment management contracts to manage a portfolio of multi-strategy and strategy-focused fund of hedge funds w
12/09/2014
Cooperation between the Ministry of Finance and Euroclear allows Mexican corporates to issue debt denominated in Mexican Peso specifically targeting international investors
12/09/2014
Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG) today announced that it has acquired New Scotland Yard, home to the London Metropolitan Police since the 1960s, from the Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) for GBP 370 million (AED 2.1 billion).
12/09/2014
The move comes as BRAM appointed a replacement for its high-profile chief executive, Joaquim Levy, who became finance minister in the new administration of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff at the end of November.
12/08/2014
Credit Suisse plans to shrink its unit serving hedge funds amid pressure from investors to reduce the leverage of its investment banking division.
12/08/2014
Investment banks have long tried to build a business advising pension funds – and failed. However one has succeeded by focusing on a key area that is, it says, being overlooked by other advisers.
12/08/2014
The Guide, which was drafted by a working group of AIMA members, also reflects the greater degree of due diligence being conducted on prime brokers today and the evolution in the prime brokerage model since the financial crisis.
12/08/2014
If a deal does go ahead, it will be the largest UK property deal in a decade.
12/08/2014
Launching on 8 December 2014 and domiciled in Dublin, the Fund will be market neutral in that the aggregate long and short exposures aims to be equal at the time of rebalance, neutralising exposure to the direction of equity markets, cash, sectors, countr
12/08/2014
The study found Aviva is now the most preferred platform for 12% of advisers, up from 6% last year.
12/05/2014
Two Russian construction companies have decided to stop trading their shares on the London stock exchange. It follows a similar decision by Russian bank FK Otkrytie. According to experts, this is a long-term trend, as Russian issuers delist in Europe and
12/05/2014
Braveheart , the AIM-listed investment management group, has been selected as a consortium partner to manage the London Co-investment Fund.
12/05/2014
State Street Global Advisers has launched a new exchange traded fund (ETF) which allows investors to adjust the duration of their European government bond exposures.