11/23/2014
Aviva agrees £5.6bn deal to buy rival blue-chip life insurer
Aviva confirms a Sky News report that it is buying Friends Life in a £5bn-plus deal that will reshape the pensions industry.
Alternative Investments
11/21/2014
Aberdeen moves to rebrand entire Swip range
Aberdeen is set to rename the entire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership retail fund range, putting an end to the brand.
11/21/2014
Ex-Cheyne Capital’s Davies to Start Event Driven Hedge Fund Firm
He registered the firm at the U.K.’s Companies House in July. Davies left Cheyne Capital, which manages more than $6 billion, in September, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s register. A spokeswoman for Cheyne Capital declined to c
11/21/2014
Sprint100: Fund manager Kennox is Scotland's fastest growing small company
Edinburgh fund manager has seen its turnover soar by 197.8% in past three years to £981,000 and profits of £231,000 in their latest financial year
11/21/2014
Dutch asset manager MN to reorganise, shed 200 jobs
The €100bn asset manager and pensions provider MN has announced it would embark on a four-year restructuring programme.
11/21/2014
Pension funds must dare to invest in untested asset types
Pension funds and other institutional investors need to be braver, given the environment of low interest rates, and consider strategies used by hedge funds
11/21/2014
Tiger Global’s shells target firms in EU
Rob Terry, the chairman of Quindell, stepped down this week with two other directors
11/21/2014
7IM drops Capita as ACD to bring role in-house
Discretionary fund manager and platform provider Seven Investment Management is to drop Capita Financial Managers as its authorised corporate director and bring the function in-house, following the growth of its fund business.
11/20/2014
October shorts put new dent in flagship Odey fund
Crispin Odey's flagship €1.8 billion hedge fund remains down by more than 10% this year, after fresh losses in October undid the gains of late summer.
11/20/2014
The Platforum hosts Female Investment Forum
Other top speakers include eValue chief executive Samantha Seaton on investment decision making
11/20/2014
Castlebay aims to halt exodus with new fund
Castlebay Investment Partners was established 18 months ago by former Ignis Asset Management fund manager David Ridland and ex-Gerrard and HSBC investment manager David MacNeil.
11/19/2014
ABN AMRO offers investment funds an international podium
Participants are required to register a submission via the event website by 31 December 2014.
11/19/2014
More supply and political uncertainty create best buying conditions seen in prime Central London since the financial crisis
But with more stock coming to market there is no question that conditions within prime Central London property have cooled since earlier in the year.
11/19/2014
Wells Fargo unit to launch Europe infrastructure fund, target $1 billion
Life insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds have been eyeing up infrastructure debt as a good match on their balance sheets.
11/19/2014
Psigma targets pension revolution with new income strategy
According to Psigma, the fund has outperformed the ARC Sterling Cautious PCI by 20% since its launch around 10 years ago. It also highlighted that during the 2008 turbulence the fund only lost 6.28% versus a 29.9% decline in the FTSE All Share.
11/19/2014
Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Embraces Block Size Trading
Norges Bank Investment Management, the manager of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, is using less algorithmic trading in favor of trading in large block sizes.
11/19/2014
PM accused of overlooking potential UK pension fund investment
David Cameron is overlooking billions of potential investment held by British savers while asking foreign governments to put money into UK infrastructure
11/19/2014
Sigma Capital launches first development in partnership with Gatehouse Bank
The £100 million development is the first to be launched since the two parties agreed a potential £700 million overall tie-up in November 2013 to deliver up to 6,600 new new private rental homes.
11/19/2014
Hugh Hendry: ‘Would you rather upset God, or have Him just ignore you?’
In the first of three interviews with Merryn Somerset Webb, Hugh Hendry, manager of the Eclectica Fund, talks about what it takes to be a good hedge fund manager – and how he learned to stop worrying and love central banks.
11/19/2014
RBC Investor & Treasury Services wins Custody Risk's "Real Estate Fund Administrator of the Year" title
RBC Investor & Treasury Services, part of Royal Bank of Canada today announced it has won the Real Estate Fund Administrator of the Year title at the Custody Risk European Awards 2014.