01/04/2022
Consolidator One Four Nine acquires third adviser
This brings One Four Nine’s total AUM to £540m.
Alternative Investments
01/04/2022
Mitesh Sheth awarded MBE for services to diversity and inclusion
The New Year Honours List 2022 is the most ethnically diverse honours list to date, with 15.1% of recipients coming from an ethnic minority background.
01/04/2022
Top 10 trends for hedge funds in 2022
Donald Steinbrugge, founder and CEO of Agecroft Partners shares his predictions for the industry.
01/03/2022
Amundi Completes Acquisition of Lyxor
Societe Generale sold Lyxor in order to cut costs.
01/03/2022
Fund star scoops £150m
Even though his flagship £22.7billion Fundsmith Equity fund underperformed the average of its rivals over the year, the firm raked in total profits of £57.7million – up from £48.5million a year earlier.
01/03/2022
Zurich Sells Life Insurance Book in Italy
The transaction also reduces our exposure to interest rates and credit risks and allows us to focus on the parts of the Italian life and pensions market where we can best serve our customers.
12/30/2021
Russia’s Largest Bank Introduces First Blockchain Focused ETF in the Country
The exchange-traded fund will track the Sber Blockchain Economy Index, which includes crypto asset and mining companies.
12/29/2021
Kingswood releases £3m for M&A growth
The company had confirmed in September that “nine transactions” were under exclusive due diligence in the UK, suggesting one deal could have dropped since then.
12/29/2021
Vienna Insurance agrees to share ownership of the Hungarian unit to save the deal with Aegon
The deal is the latest example of Hungarian leadership exerting regulatory pressure to expand government influence in the economy.
12/28/2021
Top British investment funds for 2022
UK equities appear deeply undervalued compared to their international peers.
12/28/2021
Regeneration plans backed by £775,000 investment
West Midlands Combined Authority is supporting regen scheme which will create a new hotel, cinema and other commercial and residential space
12/28/2021
Hedge funds ride wave in volatile year for shipping costs
Niche market provides outsized returns for funds hunting big price moves
12/28/2021
Montfort AG Opens Its Regulated Digital Assets Trading Platform to the Public
The new trading platform allows investment and wealth management companies to transcend the limits of traditional business models with the help of blockchain technology and is available in over 50 jurisdictions.
12/24/2021
AJ Bell’s trusts for investors of all risk tolerances
With the new year upon us, investment research head Ryan Hughes highlights four trusts he thinks are well positioned for 2022.
12/23/2021
Odyssean trust proposes merger with Strategic Equity Capital
The transactions are at an early stage and there is no certainty that the terms of the deal can be agreed.
12/23/2021
Odey Asset Management fund manager snags £15m annual payout
Hanbury guessed that Britain would vote Leave, and the value of sterling would plummet as a result.
12/23/2021
The top performing equity funds in 2021
T Rowe Price’s Frontier Markets Equity fund was the second best performing fund, posting a 38.82 per cent return in the year.
12/23/2021
Calamos Investments launches Global Sustainable Equities Fund
The fund’s co-managers, Anthony Tursich and James Madden, joined Calamos earlier this year and have been managing sustainable investment strategies since the 1990s
12/22/2021
International firm unveils universal life insurance product
It offers a ‘balance of long-term protection and upside potential to global UHNWs and HNWs’
12/22/2021
Schroder GAIA Helix surpasses $800 million in assets as it marks three year launch anniversary
The fund, which is hosted on the Schroder GAIA platform, has also demonstrated resilience on the downside, producing a positive return during eight of the 11 negative equity market months[3] since launch.