02/11/2013
Norway Fund, World's Biggest, Makes First U.S. Real Estate Buy
The joint venture may invest in U.S. shopping malls by acquiring shares in listed real estate investment trusts.
Alternative Investments
02/11/2013
Duet Starts Venture With Former Credit Suisse Latin Chief
Duet Latin America is a partnership with CG Capital
02/11/2013
Euroclear strengths reflected in 2012 operating results
Euroclear clients deposited a record EUR 23 trillion of assets for safekeeping and asset servicing with the Euroclear group of national and international central securities depositories in 2012.
02/10/2013
Business ‘improving’ at restructuring Clydesdale owner NAB
It said global returns from business banking were better
02/10/2013
Struggling Man Group hires KPMG to review its governance
The Big Four accountant has recently been appointed as Man's internal auditor
02/10/2013
Muzinich to launch global credit Ucits fund
The focus is on bottom-up fundamental analysis with an emphasis on financial creditworthiness
02/10/2013
Standard Life Targets Stockholm Offices Saying Market Among Best
The company may spend at least 100 million euros to double its holdings in Sweden
02/10/2013
Principal Global Investors Funds join the Raymond James platform
Raymond James Investment Services has announced that the firm now offers the full range of Principal Global Investors Funds to UK investors through the Raymond James platform.
02/10/2013
Psigma invests in TwentyFour Asset Backed Income Fund
This follows Psigma’s move last year to create and design the TwentyFour Focus Bond Fund with TwentyFour to take advantage of selective opportunities in corporate fixed interest investments with a finite redemption life before end-2016.
02/10/2013
Ex-Quilter duo launch model portfolio service for GAM
GAM has launched its discretionary fund management proposition for advisers
02/07/2013
Cordea Savills wins £300m mandate
The Fund’s initial focus is on assets offering secure income characteristics in prime locations.
02/06/2013
Two of the largest European investment managers join EurexOTC Clear for client clearing
"Clearing OTC and listed interest rate derivatives through a single CCP is a very attractive prospect for our clients."
02/06/2013
Success to the power of five
Full Portfolio Fund range from Close Brothers Asset Management attains silver grading from S&P Capital IQ
02/06/2013
Threadneedle launches Absolute Commodities Fund
Threadneedle launched its first commodities strategy in 2010 and currently manages in excess of $1bn.
02/06/2013
Carlyle completes TCW MBO from France's Societe Generale
The transaction increases the Group’s Basel 2.5 Core Tier 1 ratio by 17 bps. Under Basel 3, the increase is expected to be 14 bps.
02/06/2013
Sigma Capital expects to report further annual losses
Sigma said it intends to make a further provision of £0.5 million for the year against the carrying value of its holdings in the equity funds it manages.
02/05/2013
Euroclear Bank’s service for Russian OFZs to start on 7 February
The service will begin with OTC-traded OFZ transactions, followed by stock exchange-traded transactions in March 2013.
02/04/2013
Kuber Ventures unveils line-up on EIS platform
The platform aims to reduce administration by streamlining the EIS application process, giving advisers access to consolidated performance and tax reporting.
02/04/2013
Dundee acquires SEB German portfolio for €420m
Germany continues to present a very attractive investment environment
02/03/2013
Standard Life Investments’ GARS goes Platinum
The ceremony, which took at the Four Seasons Hotel at Park Lane London, named the ‘crème de la crème of UK retail investments.