07/22/2015
Preqin's latest survey of global hedge fund managers reveals that most UK- and Europe-based hedge fund managers are AIFMD- compliant. By contrast, there has been slow uptake among firms beyond the EU's borders.
07/22/2015
Old Mutual Global Investors is overhauling two of its Generation funds in order to manage them ‘more flexibly’ in light of the pension reforms.
07/22/2015
Bima, the Swedish mobile insurance pioneer backed by private equity, has raised $38m to continue expanding in emerging markets.
07/22/2015
Linear Investments has acquired the assets of AQX Securities agency execution business from the Aquila Group.
07/21/2015
Investors feeling buffeted by a run of volatile years are turning increasingly to absolute return funds, which aim to deliver positive returns even in falling markets. This is prudent at the end of a long bull run, but the latest products have yet to be t
07/21/2015
The new post-trade, risk-neutral system will allow members to offset multiple trades that have compatible characteristics into a single trade
07/21/2015
The asset manager has also highlighted that ESG criteria have been applied to €96.98bn of its total assets under management.
07/21/2015
Chris Hohn, the London-based activist hedge fund manager, has been having one of the stronger years in the high-profile activist hedge fund arena.
07/20/2015
It is not clear whether Mr Howard himself will return to London with the other traders. Brevan Howard declined to comment.
07/20/2015
Countries with sovereign wealth funds tend to run fiscal surpluses, something the UK government is a long way from achieving.
07/20/2015
The fund is supposed to manage the nation's oil wealth for the good of its war-torn people, but is itself driven by leadership rivalries
07/20/2015
Hargreaves Lansdown is primed to add another 5,000 retail clients to its books through an investment trust deal with Jupiter.
07/20/2015
The tie-up will also allow advisers to apportion part of a policy’s investment to one or more discretionary investment manager
07/17/2015
Zurich is to roll its Horizon fund range, managed by Columbia Threadneedle, into the range of funds it launched earlier this year.
07/17/2015
The decisions are made and executed using fully systematic and quantitative models, thus avoiding emotional and cognitive biases.
07/17/2015
Investments in equity and balanced funds were particularly noteable from this investor group
07/16/2015
Perry also said that Puerto Rico is in better shape than most people realize and he’s bullish on the commonwealth’s debt.
07/16/2015
Fund group levies 4.7% charge from investors withdrawing from the £2 billion Aviva Property Trust after a change in its manager.
07/16/2015
Research from the Financial Times has revealed London consumers need an average of £806,000 to invest in order to access the services of a private client wealth manager.
07/16/2015
The role is an expansion of a role previously held by Matthew Williams, who left the firm in January.