05/26/2014
London-based hedge fund manager buys 10% stake in Stockholm-based debt purchaser
A report from the FT said that by buying into the Swedish company focused on recovering distressed consumer loans,
05/26/2014
For decades asset managers faced a simple choice.
05/26/2014
Natixis has joined the growing list of asset managers declaring a rise in revenue from the insurance industry, claiming it now has “a foothold” in the UK insurance asset management market.
05/26/2014
Participants of Finasta Baltic Fund shall not experience significant consequences or any restrictions on their investors rights
05/23/2014
Four more insurers back Seven Families campaign
I have been talking to companies over a long period about funding
05/23/2014
Dutch policy makers have long been looking for ways to tap into the assets of Dutch pension funds and insurance companies
05/23/2014
Development of the site will be undertaken by Generali Real Estate, part of the European insurer Generali.
05/23/2014
Morgan Stanley has launched two new funds to offer exposure to different types of alternative alpha strategies.
05/22/2014
Brevan Howard’s both hired a ‘quantum entanglement specialist’ and lost a senior FX trader to Lloyds
If you aspire to get a job at one of the world’s biggest and highest paying hedge funds, Brevan Howard should probably be on your list.
05/22/2014
What Investment Trust Awards 2014 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the annual What Investment Trust Awards has been released, with JP Morgan being the fund house with largest number of funds nominated across the ten categories.
05/22/2014
Investors in the UK are paying 58 per cent more than their US counterparts because of the retail fund management industry’s “cartel-like pricing
05/22/2014
The remarkable public outburst shook up an otherwise uneventful AGM
05/22/2014
Charles Stanley Direct has added the Baillie Gifford Japan Trust to its Foundation Fundlist as confidence in the broadening economic improvement in Japan builds.
05/21/2014
HSBC Securities Services has been appointed global custodian to the Local Government Pension Scheme funds for Norfolk, Suffolk and the London Borough of Hackney
05/21/2014
Cofunds chief executive David Hobbs said the inflows suggested investors were gaining in confidence
05/21/2014
With just a couple of days before Saga is due to set the price for its initial public offering.
05/21/2014
European Central Bank comments on the level of the euro are "encouraging"
05/21/2014
The launch of ASHS expands DeAWM's innovative suite of ETFs that offer direct access to Chinese securities.
05/20/2014
Marshall Wace Planning An IPO For P2P Lending Fund
The fund will use in-house computer programs to pick loans that are attractive on P2P lending platforms where borrowers and lenders match-up directly online.
05/20/2014
Why Sovereign Wealth Funds Are a Bank’s Best Friend
If you have a capital problem, if no one else can help, and if you can persuade them, maybe you can cozy up to one of the world’s sovereign wealth funds.