10/29/2014
German Black Horse family office buys Düsseldorf tower
Hamburg-based developer Momeni has sold an iconic office tower in Düsseldorf to Black Horse Investments
Alternative Investments
10/29/2014
United Ventures closes $80 mln for initial fund
Milan-based United Ventures has raised $80 million for its oversubscribed debut fund. The LPs for United Ventures One include institutions, banks and fund of funds. The fund seeks to invest in European tech startups.
10/29/2014
Carne receives approval for new AIFM manco in Channel Islands
Carne has received authorisation as a fund services business from the Jersey regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
10/29/2014
Eastern European reinsurers poised to provide USD 100 million retro capacity in wake of new licence
One the one hand, there is the collateralised reinsurance and insurance linked securities (ILS) markets, which are growing very rapidly because of the involvement of non-insurance capital.
10/29/2014
Infracapital Partners closes Fund II on 1 bln pounds
Infracapital Partners has closed its second fund on 1 billion pounds to invest in core infrastructure assets across Europe. Co-investment pledges takes total capital for investment to more than 1.3 billion pounds. Atlantic-Pacific Capital worked as placem
10/28/2014
Investment Adviser 100 Club Awards - October 2014
Our winners then had to contend with a panel of five leading experts
10/28/2014
GIB invests in Royal Brackla whisky distillery sustainability upgrade
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced plans to finance a biomass conversion project that will help a historic Scottish whisky distillery to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
10/28/2014
Brazier to take over Investec UK Alpha fund in November
He will replace previous manager Jonathan Parker
10/28/2014
Standard Life Investments secures Global Equity Mandate in Denmark
The assets will be managed by Standard Life Investments’ highly successful Global Equities team, with seed capital from one of Denmark’s most established institutional investors.
10/28/2014
Advent Life Sciences closes Fund II on 145.5 mln pounds
Advent Life Sciences has closed its Advent Life Sciences Fund II on 145.5 million pounds ($235 million) to seed and build life sciences companies in the UK, Europe and the U.S. Fund II, which will back entrepreneurs and early stage and mid-stage companies
10/27/2014
Pensions infrastructure chief drives new mutual model
Political backing will help, Weston says. Chancellor Osborne hailed the platform’s planned launch in his autumn statement of 2011 with the sound bite “British pension funds for British infrastructure”.
10/27/2014
Lloyd George reopens frontier markets fund after investor redemptions
However, following the sharp uptick in volatility across equity markets, and falls for emerging market equities in particular, the fund’s AUM has shrunk to $633m, prompting the group to reopen the strategy.
10/27/2014
Rehlaender to debut asset management firm in 2015
Property investment expert Jim Rehlaender is set to debut his new asset management house in the UK retail market in the first half of 2015.
10/27/2014
Qatari's look set to get hands on HSBC's headquarters in London's Canary Wharf
They own Harrods, the Shard and part of Barclays, Sainsbury’s and the London Stock Exchange.
10/27/2014
China GF Intl says to set up offices in New York, London
Asset manager GF International Investment Management said on Monday that it plans to set up offices in New York and London next year
10/27/2014
Haversham Plans To Float On AIM
Haversham said that it plans to float the Company on AIM. Haversham is a group formed by Avril Palmer-Baunack and Marwyn, the specialist investment management company, with the support of institutional investors, including Invesco, Artemis, Aviva and Schr
10/27/2014
Former Cru Investment Management chairman returns with new venture
The firm is called Swayagain and was set up to provide marketing and help raise capital for various ventures
10/24/2014
Amundi buys Austrian BAWAG PSK's asset management arm
Deutsche Bank advised BAWAG PSK and BPV Huegel served as the legal adviser on the deal.
10/23/2014
Polish property market popular with invetors in Asia, Middle East
Investors were attracted by positive prospects of the Polish housing market
10/23/2014
Standard Life, ICBC to broaden cooperation in China, UK, Hong Kong
The memorandum of understanding would see them "work together to identify opportunities for the benefit of both businesses in China, Hong Kong and the UK", they said in a statement.