06/26/2012
Convictions AM, which currently manages EUR 628 million, wanted its portfolio managers to focus first and foremost on investment analysis and selection in order to adapt to challenging market conditions.
06/26/2012
Lyxor Asset Management has launched two new ’risk-balanced’ ETFs on NYSE Euronext Paris.
06/26/2012
Matt Feldmann, partner at Clifford Chance, believes that the AIFMD, which is scheduled for implementation in 2013, is the primary concern of most Asian asset managers for erasing Europe off their radar.
06/26/2012
Generation first appointed Northern Trust in 2005 to provide custody, investment operations outsourcing, fund accounting, transfer agency, performance measurement and client reporting across its fund range domiciled in Dublin and Delaware.
06/25/2012
The UCITS label enables asset managers to distribute UCITS funds in every member country of the European Union. It also offers guaranties of transparency, risk control and liquidity for investors.
06/25/2012
Hansainvest has chosen to adopt the whole range of the completely modular KIID services offered by SGSS
06/24/2012
How exotic? How about portfolios betting on Chinese companies embroiled in fraud probes? Or funds looking to arbitrage prices in the electricity market?
06/24/2012
Santander Asset Management is renaming seven multi-manager funds to reflect the IMA’s overhaul of its mixed-asset fund sectors.
06/24/2012
Guinness has a range of seven well-established funds and is keen to widen its profile among IFAs.
06/21/2012
This change means hedge funds have had to adapt to the new source of capital, and the demands associated with institutional investors — namely the need for a more robust operational infrastructure and thorough terms of due diligence.
06/21/2012
LaSalle said the park would bring in more tenants as a result of joining its portfolio of six UK science parks.
06/21/2012
Groupe Eurotunnel will be the first company to start trading on the NYSE Euronext London, from 19th July.
06/21/2012
Behind the glitz of the annual hedge fund shindig, the 500 or so financiers who made the trip privately confess their struggle to find winning strategies given unpredictable markets, fretting clients will lose faith and snatch back their money.
06/21/2012
Having built a relationship with ABN AMRO Commercial Finance over a number of years, Hamilton Bradshaw looked for further opportunities to use invoice finance and continue their acquisition programme, finding an opportunity to refinance in Human Capital I
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.