06/21/2012
The German bank, which had been in exclusive talks with Guggenheim since February, said the two sides were unable to agree on terms for the sale of RREEF, its real estate investment business.
06/20/2012
More and more high-end properties feature such "smart-home" technologies - professional-grade audio/video systems, plus lights, thermostats, window shades and more that you can control with an Apple (AAPL) iPad or other smart device.
06/20/2012
Underweight allocations are held for commodities and fixed income, with high-quality corporate bonds preferred – particularly in Asia. The bank remains wary of safe-haven government debt, with record low yields vulnerable to interest-rate rises.
06/19/2012
Fund will use innovative currency overlay to hedge US$ exposure into EM currencies
06/19/2012
Standard Life has launched a toolkit aimed at helping employers and advisers plan for the introduction of auto-enrolment and identify the potential cost impact.
06/19/2012
Deutsche Bank ranks first on Institutional Investor’s 2012 Emerging-Markets Equity & Fixed-Income research, sales and trading teams.
06/19/2012
Tim joins from ING Real Estate management where he spent the past seven years, most recently as the global head of research and strategy and previously as the Asia-Pacific head of research and strategy.
06/19/2012
If an individual, trustee, partnership of individuals, or a bare nominee buys a residential property worth over £2m, the rate of SDLT is 7% on the total consideration.
06/19/2012
Underwriting on behalf of certain underwriters at Lloyd's of London, Aurum has also secured long-term commitments to support its bespoke underwriting approach and pricing. Full details of products and capabilities will be announced over the coming mo
06/19/2012
Banks, which urgently need to fortify their capital buffers, are in a rush to offload private equity assets they spent billions on in the heady days before the financial crisis, causing a flurry in so-called secondary sales.
06/19/2012
The volatility of the fund since inception is 7.4%3 which is less than half the FTSE ALL Share index volatility of 17%3 over the same period.
06/18/2012
Four new exchange-listed equity index funds from the issuer UBS Global Asset Management have been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Friday.
06/18/2012
The takeover would give Hong Kong control of a business that sets global prices for base metals, while LME stands to gain greater access to China, the biggest consumer of metals including nickel, aluminum and copper.
06/18/2012
The sales contract was signed today. As such, Postbank is increasing its focus on its core business in consumer banking, without reducing its product range.
06/18/2012
Restaurateurs, bartenders and hoteliers getting ready to welcome an army of high-rolling financiers to this year's GAIM Conference in the Mediterranean principality could find money and mirth in short supply as recent poor performance weighs.
06/15/2012
The loan book was £64m at the end of 2011 and the consideration £1, with a performance-related deferred consideration of up to £1.5m.
06/15/2012
The move reflects Old Mutual's commitment to sustainability and its strategy of being a leading international provider of long-term savings, protection and investment products.
06/15/2012
"The deal could immediately prop up HKEx to become one of the major global metals and commodities exchanges," Hong Kong Exchanges Chief Executive Charles Li said.
06/14/2012
The level of discontent over the pay packages of chief executive Sir Martin and fellow directors is such that “the working assumption” is that a substantial proportion of the shareholder vote could go against WPP’s remuneration report, a
06/14/2012
Tokyo is the world's most expensive city for expatriates according to the latest ranking by Mercer.