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HSBC Holdings Unit Sells Hungarian Consumer Finance Business

HSBC Credit Zrt had gross assets of 5.28 million dollars at June 30.

Barclays to launch discretionary service on Elevate

Barclays will launch its discretionary portfolio managment service - which includes five portfolios - on the Axa Weatlh Elevate platform

39% increase in weekly ETP turnover due to 75% increase in inverse and leveraged ETFs

On a 20 day basis Lyxor was ranked number 2 with 19.5% market share with iShares at number 1 with market share of 35.4%.

Franklin Templeton seeks FSA approval for Brazilian multi-asset fund

The Franklin Brazil Opportunities fund will be run by the company’s international CIO Stephen Dover, which he will co-manage alongside Sao Paulo-based duo Marco Freire and Frederico Sampaio, who form a core part of the company’s Brazilian asse

Ashburton to close funds after review

The funds include the Euro Asset Management, Sterling Total Return Bond, Dollar Total Return Bond, Americas Equity, Japan Equity fund.

Natixis to cease ring trading on London Metal Exchange

The exchange said Natixis Commodity Markets will operate as a Category 2 broker from Monday, meaning it will no longer be able to trade as a Category 1 member taking part in the open-outcry ring trading.

Octis AM to launch flagship Asia Pacific fund in the UK

The multi-strategy equity fund can take both long and short positions and make use of other hedging strategies.

Trust fades in last bastion of bank funding

Since the crisis kicked off in 2009, covered bonds have achieved a kind of gold standard in the bank funding world.

7IM switches out of £110m of ETFs

Multi-manager switches more than £100m into futures and out of exchange traded funds in a bid to reduce fees.

Europe's banks face Chinese lure

Dexia Asset Management declined to comment and the two Chinese firms were unavailable.

UK's biggest internet gold dealer Jewellery Quarter Bullion could be put up for sale

Rob Halliday-Stein, who founded the company with £10,000 in January 2009, is looking at the possibilities of selling to a larger rival or floating on the London Stock Exchange’s junior Aim market.

Aviva set to sell US division at £800m loss

The arm is now valued at £1bn.

Ex-Citadel Securities Head Said to Plan Asia Fund

The fund will have offices in London and Asia.

Church of England pension board puts faith in hedge funds

The 1.1 billion pound Church of England (CoE) Pensions Board has backed Winton Capital, Bridgewater Associates and BlackRock Advisors to help boost the retirement income for over 32,000 of its clergy and lay workers.

Fear over greed drives second-quarter European fund flows, latest Morningstar data reveals

Fund flows to European funds continue to reflect the ongoing eurozone crisis and its attendant market turbulence.

CaixaBank profit dives 80pc

Caixabank SA , Spain's third-biggest lender by market value, said Friday its first-half net profit sank 80% as it set aside a big chunk of income to cover losses on its real estate assets.

Profits drop at Bradford & Bingley ‎

UK Asset Resolution Limited which incorporates Bradford & Bingley plc and Northern Rock plc today issued its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2012.

Ruffer Investment Company shows up open-ended rivals

Retail investors tend to automatically dismiss closed-ended funds when it comes to selecting a multi-asset portfolio, but the are some good options in the space.

Lloyds kicks off results season for Britain's battered banks

‘These half-year results show a continuation of what we delivered in the first quarter: significant balance sheet reshaping and another resilient performance against a backdrop of economic challenges and a lack of public confidence in our industry.

Regulators slap capital charges on derivatives

The G20 countries agreed just after the collapse of U.S bank Lehman Brothers in 2008, in which opaque derivatives played a part, that dealers should clear contracts where possible to aid transparency.

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