04/15/2015
ICE Benchmark Administration Launches Consultation for LBMA Gold Price
The market consultation will close on May 1, 2015
Alternative Investments
04/14/2015
State-backed lender to sell Luxembourg fund manager arm
The state-backed lender said on Monday it had appointed PwC to advise on the sale of the offshore business
04/14/2015
Pensions have become a game of political football, but we don’t have to play the Government’s game
"Time to take control of our retirement years, use the freedoms available to us, and free ourselves from the shackles of changing Government policy and the long arms of the Treasury”
04/14/2015
Celebrities and high earners make Esher & Walton the UK's number one income tax hotspot
The average bill for 2012/13 was £16,900
04/14/2015
ME real estate investors spend 73 per cent of outbound capital in Europe in 2014
Middle Eastern buyers invested a total of $14.1 billion outside their home region in 2014, making the Middle East the third largest source of cross-regional capital globally
04/13/2015
VAM Funds enters South Africa with 11 funds
Luxembourg-domiciled fund manager VAM Funds has entered the South African market, launching 11 funds in the region.
04/13/2015
Lulu Group front-runner to buy original Scotland Yard premises in London
Abu Dhabi investors may soon be in control of not one but two of the former homes of London’s Metropolitan Police Force.
04/13/2015
Saxo Bank Adds Stock Options to White Label Offering
Latest addition further boosts multi-asset class capabilities
04/13/2015
Aubrey unveils GEM Opportunities fund for former First State manager
Edinburgh-based boutique Aubrey Capital Management, which was founded in 2007 by a group of former First State managers, has launched a concentrated global emerging markets fund with an initial $50m of seed money.
04/13/2015
iShares launches China A share tracker
BlackRock has launched a China A-share exchange-traded fund for international retail and institutional investors.
04/13/2015
Deutsche cuts China ETF fee as BlackRock enters market
Competition among exchange-traded fund providers offering exposure to Chinese shares has heated up as iShares, the world’s largest ETF provider, enters the market and Deutsche Bank’s ETF arm plans to cut its fee on a rival product.
04/12/2015
Shock therapy to spur wave of mergers among Italy's "popolari" banks
They say the shake-up could also help find a buyer among the cooperative banks
04/10/2015
GIB Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund appoints Barclays Bank
The GIB Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund Ltd., the flagship Hedge Fund of GIB (UK), announced the appointment of Barclays Bank PLC to provide additional prime brokerage services to the Fund.
04/10/2015
Top investor fund picks to play liquid alternatives
We've collected the verdicts of top investors on liquid alternatives, and reveal their favoured fund picks.
04/10/2015
Vivendi agrees extra dividend and makes peace with hedge fund
Vivendi and activist hedge fund P. Schoenfeld Asset Management have settled their dispute over Vivendi’s cash return policies, with the French media giant agreeing to pay out approximately €6.75 billion to shareholders thanks to an exceptional
04/10/2015
Ex-Taconic fund manager Hampaul readies own hedge fund
A combination of buoyant equity markets and divergent monetary policies has helped push first-quarter European hedge fund returns past 4 percent, giving them their best start for three years, data from industry tracker Eurekahedge showed.
04/10/2015
How To Start A Hedge Fund In The UK
Regulation and authorization approval in the UK falls under the Financial Services Authority
04/10/2015
Platform Awards co-founder Monica Waller passes away
Monica Waller, co-founder of The Investment Network and the Aberdeen UK Platform Awards, has died after a short illness
04/10/2015
Calamos Expands London Office
Enhances Research, Trading and Portfolio Management Capabilities
04/10/2015
Norway Starts Process to Open Wealth Fund to Infrastructure
The government appointed an expert group that will report back no later than November 2015, according to a statement from the Finance Ministry.