01/27/2022
Hansard Global's 1H New Business Fell
The three months ended 31 December 2021 are referred to as “Q2 2022” throughout this document.
Alternative Investments
01/26/2022
Deep Dive: Death of 60/40 model is greatly exaggerated
But does need some TLC
01/25/2022
Property finance specialist secures £15m boost from British Business Investments
The company has invested more than £30m in the North West in the last three years
01/25/2022
Aviva Financial Advice moves into whole of market annuities
AFA was launched in November 2016 and initially focused on at retirement services.
01/25/2022
AssetCo takeover of River & Mercantile confirmed
AssetCo already owns Saracen Fund Managers, and asset management firm which will be combined with R&M.
01/24/2022
Brookfield expands hedge fund business into Europe
Canadian group’s move comes after funds employing a multi-strategy approach have thrived during the pandemic
01/21/2022
Ferguson: I would have set up my own firm if that's what it took
He believes there is a growing adviser appetite for more liberty, something he witnessed at Nucleus too.
01/21/2022
Amundi's China wealth JV garners $11 billion in 15 months since launch
Chinese banks dominate the distribution of proprietary and third-party wealth products in the country.
01/21/2022
IQ-EQ assists Pegasus Entrepreneurial Acquisition Company Europe B.V. with its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam
The SPAC has a focus on entrepreneurial European growth companies and began trading on Euronext Amsterdam on 10 December 2021.
01/21/2022
Kepler launches long-only emerging markets fund
$69m external seed capital
01/21/2022
How Just Wealth plans to draw in new advisers
Just Wealth has also set itself the target of reaching £30m in client assets by December.
01/20/2022
Barakos to step back from JPM Europe Equity Absolute Alpha fund
Matt Jones added
01/20/2022
AJ Bell plc Q1 trading update
The group reported an increase in total customer numbers to 398,066.
01/18/2022
Astorg raises a €1.3 billion Continuation Fund in partnership with AlpInvest and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Vintage Funds to support portfolio company IQ-EQ
The Continuation Fund closed at €1.3bn which includes substantial additional capital for Astorg and our investment partners to support organic growth initiatives and acquisitions, underlying IQ-EQ’s ambitious strategic value creation roadmap.
01/17/2022
BNPP AM finalises integration of BNP Paribas Capital Partners
The closing of this transaction will allow BNPP AM to expand its scope to new market segments within private debt
01/17/2022
Asset manager reports stunted growth
Relative performance over the longer term shows strong outperformance in local currency, equities and investment grade funds and some underperformance in certain external debt, corporate debt and blended debt strategies.
01/17/2022
BNP Paribas AM integrates private assets divisions into subsidiaries
The news comes following the acquisition of mortgage specialist Dynamic Credit Group in September last year.
01/16/2022
Gowling WLG Advises On Major Joint Venture For Royal London
The joint venture combines the UK asset management expertise of RLAM and CDC, two institutional investor heavyweights with vast investment experience.
01/14/2022
Vanguard new clients spike by 83% after UK advice launch
A Vanguard spokesman said: "We’ve started with an advice service designed specifically to help investors who are saving for retirement.
01/14/2022
ING invests in EIT InnoEnergy
ING has acquired a stake in EIT InnoEnergy, an EU-backed climate and renewable energy tech investor.