07/15/2020
Hines secures new European asset management mandates
The Hines France office will resume management of the 223 Saint-Honoré in Paris
Alternative Investments
07/15/2020
TrueBridge Capital Partners closes sixth fund to invest in top VC firms
The firm’s portfolio includes airbnb, Pinterest, reddit, Slack and uber, while it has exited the likes of Twitter, Spotify, Snapchat and Dropbox.
07/15/2020
Aztec Group to administer Jersey fund
Aztec Group supported Stirling Square with the set-up, launch and closing of the fund, and will continue to provide administration and governance services from its Jersey office.
07/13/2020
Country house sales in the UK have come back stronger than any other part of the market
Relatively good value and in high demand, luxury rural homes are selling well
07/13/2020
Bridgepoint merger with EQT Credit implemented with Crestbridge providing fund and management company services
This transaction is one the largest in the Credit industry this year
07/12/2020
Golf course house prices hit a hole in one
St Andrew’s in Fife is also home to a 150% premium between house prices surrounding the club and the area as a whole.
07/12/2020
Developer of Estate Opposite Buckingham Palace Sees Queries Jump
“This coupled with the changing environment for property development, with a shrinking workforce following Britain’s exit from Europe will impact the availability of stock which in turn will limit stock and push up demand.”
07/12/2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak's ex-boss takes aim at fund managers: Fire them if they don't hold big firms to account, says hedge fund boss Sir Chris Hohn
Activists such as TCI, as well as Elliott, Paulson and Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners, have become both more visible and vocal in recent years
07/10/2020
Foresight acquires Pension Infrastructure Platform
PIP manages a portfolio of UK infrastructure assets across the renewable energy, transportation and social infrastructure sectors and West Midlands Pension Fund's allocation to infrastructure has more than doubled, aided by its collaboration with PIP
07/10/2020
What happened when IFA firm reached out to community amid lockdown?
She adds: “I certainly didn’t worry about my pension for the first two weeks.”
07/10/2020
Vertical integration trend will continue apace
It will also look to mirror its digital advice service — currently only available in Germany — at some point in the future.
07/09/2020
SQN Asset Finance slumps as bad debt provision hiked
The writedown for the C-class shares is estimated at £8-10m, the equivalent of 5.9-7.3% of assets in its portfolio.
07/09/2020
“An Accident Waiting To Happen” - Structured Product Could Ruin Retirement For Many, Says 7IM’s Matthew Yates
Many structured products have terms whereby they can absorb some level of losses before the end investor starts to lose money.
07/09/2020
London-based Wilton launches captive services business targeting high net worth clients
The new business recognises the growing number of Wilton’s clients that are interested in captive insurance
07/09/2020
Aubrey Capital Management launches AIM Model Portfolio Service on Ascentric platform
The bespoke option will be particularly useful for advisors with larger clients who, for example, may need more specific management of CGT considerations
07/08/2020
Alvarium Investments Opens in Milan
Alvarium will be the only global multi-family office in Italy able to offer internally generated direct investment opportunities in multiple different geographies.
07/08/2020
Holborn Assets receives DB pension transfer award
The Gold Standard is a voluntary code of good practice for safeguarded and Defined Benefit (DB) pension transfer advice, based around a set of nine principles.
07/08/2020
Italian mafia bonds sold to global investors
Instruments were backed by front companies charged with working for the ’Ndrangheta organised crime group
07/07/2020
Fairstone acquires Surrey-based adviser
Lee Hartley, chief executive at Fairstone, said the buy-out model was yielding "exceptional results" for the company.
07/07/2020
Fairstone signs buy out deal with Financial Planner
It has two offices, one in Epsom, Surrey and another in Twickenham. It specialises in pension planning and investment management.