03/16/2020
Are financial giants contradicting their own climate pledges?
Report says corporate-level financing by five big firms contributes to oil drilling in the Amazon.
Alternative Investments
03/15/2020
Millionaire hedge fund bosses Sir Paul Marshall and Ian Wace make £50m on coronavirus crash
So-called short-selling contracts are used by hedge funds to make money from falling share prices.
03/13/2020
Will there be fewer retail funds in the UK post Brexit?
A significant number are domiciled in the EEA and passporting is due to end in December
03/13/2020
'Poacher turned gamekeeper' - Nucleus to launch its own discretionary portfolios
In the past, Nucleus has not been shy of voicing its opinions about vertical integration and the fund industry.
03/13/2020
Net subscriptions up in Finland through February
Nordea kept a leading market share of 39.3%, with OP on 20.2% and Danske Invest on 8.7%.
03/13/2020
Now is the Time for Active Managers to Shine
Many investors will not have experienced a bear market before so panic is understable - but the evidence suggests that active funds can recover faster than the index
03/12/2020
FundRock expands footprint into France
FundRock’s recent hire Jean Edouard Mazery will help spearhead this expansion in France.
03/12/2020
Nikko AM launches corporate hybrid bond fund
The London-based Global Fixed Income team provides customised and dedicated solutions for clients globally.
03/12/2020
Date set for second Woodford payment
The new payment will bring the total to have been returned to clients since the end of October to £2.3bn.
03/11/2020
CA Ventures plans €200m investment in Iberia student housing and hires regional MD
The company is primarily focusing on university cities, including Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon, as well as Valencia, Salamanca and Granada.
03/11/2020
Guernsey music fund listed on FTSE 250
Guernsey is home to more non-UK entities listed on the LSE markets than any other jurisdiction globally.
03/10/2020
Coronavirus: "There is no need to close the stock exchange," says Italy's Consob
These effects cannot be corrected with restrictive decisions regarding the stock market, especially if taking place independently of the member countries of the European Union which are affected by the same problems affecting Italy.
03/10/2020
Standard Life Aberdeen warns of turbulence as profits fall
The company now expects to deliver £400m of annualised synergies – £350m by end of 2020 and an additional £50m during 2021, at a total cost of £555m.
03/09/2020
Sovereign Wealth Fund Appetite for Investing in Start-Ups Wanes
Both companies were backed by SoftBank's Vision Fund, and fueled with cash from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment.
03/09/2020
Prudential prepares historic split for US business
The move could see the insurer list its American arm on a US stock exchange
03/09/2020
New €10m fund aims to harness Covid-19 ‘volatility’
Insignia Financial‘s high-net-worth client profile is typically family wealth investors, with €7 million portfolio sizes including some ’household names‘
03/09/2020
Climate emergency: Baillie Gifford attacked for “hypocrisy”
They accused it of failing to practice what it preaches, and said it cannot be trusted on climate change.
03/08/2020
Nurturing the perfect eco-system for alternative funds
It's a trend we’re seeing play out equally across the GCC region. And with good reason.
03/06/2020
Maxime Carmignac: diversity has to be about more than ticking boxes
The asset management industry needs to look beyond gender when it comes to improving its deep lack of diversity, Maxime Carmignac, Diversity Project board member has said.
03/06/2020
Transact platform development racks up £9m bill
He described not investing in this way as a “risk to the business.”