12/02/2013
Hedge funds launching traditional long-only strategies in direct competition with asset managers
Deutsche Bank has published the results of a survey which examines the expanding role of hedge funds within the wider asset management industry.
12/02/2013
Standard Chartered Bank plans to offer preferential interest rates and waive clearing fees as part of its strategy to win market share for the growing yuan business in London.
12/01/2013
BNP Paribas Real Estate said it has completed the acquisition of Munich-based investment manager iii-investments from Germany's HypoVereinsbank
12/01/2013
Leigh Harrison and Richard Colwell’s fund added to discount broker’s list of recommended funds.
11/28/2013
Fund managers and platforms have clashed over the decision by some fund groups not to launch clean share classes until April 2016
11/28/2013
Advisers continue to increase their use of passive investment products
11/27/2013
More than 50 high-net worth private and institutional German investors yesterday visited Bahrain to explore investment opportunities in the kingdom.
11/27/2013
BNP Paribas is doing its utmost to introduce innovation into the servicing relationship between custodian and client
11/27/2013
Royal London Asset Management announces that it has achieved a Gold Standard Award for Fund Management.
11/27/2013
Bloomberg reports that the units “have gone through a number of significant changes that have substantially strengthened and more closely aligned their business models,”
11/27/2013
The first sterling-hedged MSCI ETFs for the eurozone, Canada and Switzerland have been launched by UBS Global Asset Management.
11/27/2013
Tapering in the US should have a minimal impact on European stocks but will be detrimental to emerging and US markets.
11/27/2013
For the final quarter, the portfolio generated a positive return of 3.5% from realised gains and income
11/26/2013
Deutsche Bank is seeking to exit some businesses as it faces more stringent capital rules and possible legal bills from alleged fixing of benchmark interest rates and mis-selling of U.S. mortgage products.
11/26/2013
Value of virtual currency has risen fivefold since the beginning of the month
11/26/2013
The high correlation of consumer staples means JO Hambro duo Christopher Lees and Nudgem Richyal are shunning the sector in their €1.5 billion global equity fund.
11/25/2013
Ignis Asset Management has added to its absolute return range with the launch of an emerging market debt fund.
11/25/2013
Austrian real-estate company Immofinanz will not carry out a capital increase to finance its planned acquisition of a large German property portfolio
11/24/2013
Private banking has a bit of a bad name. People used to think it was something secretive and probably Swiss – and only for the seriously wealthy.
11/24/2013
Total sales from businesses supported by asset based finance broke £71 bn for Q3, the strongest ever quarterly performance.