12/29/2020
Japanification of bond market?
A major French bank’s asset manager agrees that the bond purchase by the ECB has not deterred investors from investing in bonds.
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12/29/2020
Flutter and Ryanair lead 2020 lseq 20 winners as banks plunge
Wider Iseq overall index, which slumped earlier in the year, is now 3.8 per cent ahead
12/29/2020
Advice M&A set for 'race to completion' in Q1
"Buyers and sellers are more focused than ever to get deals finished."
12/29/2020
Admiral to sell Confused.com to Zoopla in £508m deal
Price comparison division of property group will acquire 3 portals from FTSE 100 insurer and Spanish co-owner
12/29/2020
Breakingviews - Landlords’ post-virus refit will leave scars
The e-commerce boom that has eviscerated the high street is only likely to intensify – Moody’s reckons the proportion of online sales will leap to 25% by 2025 from around 15%.
12/28/2020
GFH acquires roebuck, a specialised logistics & real estate asset manager in the UK
Roebuck, which was founded in 2009 by Hugh Macdonald-Brown and Nick Rhodes, has managed assets with a total investment value exceeding £1.4 billion covering over 15 million sq ft of floor area
12/28/2020
How selling to yourself became private equity’s go-to deal
The pandemic has helped make a previously niche set of transactions more mainstream
12/27/2020
National Gallery of Ireland tenders for fund manager
The Dublin gallery has a portfolio of investments valued at €6.3m in equities, bonds and cash.
12/24/2020
Patrizia shows confidence in office sector with Berlin acquisition
Patrizia manages more than €46 billion in assets and employs over 800 people at 24 locations worldwide.
12/24/2020
How to reform the financial advisory sector
It needs ‘overhaul’ to ‘make credible progression to close the perennial issues’ and ‘address’ gaps
12/24/2020
German investment firm enters Irish funds market with acquisition
Frankfurt-based Universal-Investment buys Metzler Ireland for an undisclosed sum
12/24/2020
European investors’ Alt Ucits disaffection accelerated by Covid-19
Assets in liquid hedge funds drop by almost 20% year-on-year, with Cerulli Associates’ research indicating a continuation of the trend.
12/23/2020
The globalisation of inflation in the European emerging countries
The results show that global factors, such as the euro area inflation rate and the output gap in the euro area, guided the inflation rate in the European emerging countries below the levels warranted by local fundamentals.
12/23/2020
Clients who lost millions with DFM to recover all funds
As a DFM Strand Capital had advice permissions but the FSCS said it was also aware FCA authorised advisers may have recommended customers invest with Strand Capital or that they transfer their existing pensions into a Sipp.
12/23/2020
Gresham House buys Irish boutique fund manager
Based in the Republic of Ireland, Appian is an active asset manager with around €330 million in assets under management as at September 30, 2020.
12/23/2020
FSCS receives claims against failed adviser
Eligible clients can bring claims to the FSCS for a maximum payout of £85,000.
12/22/2020
Providers stand by mutuality after LV sale
Mutual models do work and financial services mutuals are successful across the world.
12/22/2020
P2P lending platform enters administration
The P2P platform’s activities have been in wind down since December 5, 2019.
12/22/2020
Fairstone snaps up Bath & Bristol adviser
Mr Hartley said Fairstone worked hard to ensure its proposition gave firms the framework they needed to “significantly grow their businesses” without compromising on client service or independence.
12/22/2020
AAA-rated Fidelity PM on why he is benchmark agnostic
London-based Alex Duffy has found a way of visiting companies in Asia, Africa and South America while complying with Covid-19 restrictions.