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Emerging fund manager stars

Cherry Reynard examines how investors can spot rising stars

SGSS in Italy wins depositary bank mandate from Clessidra Private Equity

It provides post-trade services to institutional investors: custody and settlement, depositary and fund administration services, middle office, liquidity management, transfer agent and risk & performance management.

ThinCats receives £160m from Kuwait-backed investor to scale up SME lending

WCP is an exceptional partner with proven experience in supporting specialty finance platforms.

HSBC AM brings alternatives capabilities together under HSBC Alternatives

Joanna Munro, currently global CIO, will lead the new combined unit

Climbing the funds ladder

AP Personnel is also seeing an increasing amount of school leavers interested in working in the funds sector, when deciding in which industry to start their career.

What Have Fund Managers Been Buying?

Our monthly delve into fund portfolios looks at which stocks Europe's most highly rated managers have been buying

How Fund Managers Are Preparing for Inflation

UK inflation is now above the Bank of England's 2% target.

Phoenix Group backs out of sale discussions – report

Phoenix Group has overseas operations, mainly in Germany and Ireland, which came under its umbrella follows the acquisition of Standard Life Aberdeen’s insurance division in 2018.

Cantonal bank launches RE platform

The platform, which is aimed primarily at pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers, provides real-time indication of the prices of unlisted real estate funds.

Equita launches Equita Smart Capital – ELTIF

These include exemptions from capital gains and financial incomes taxes (such as no taxes on dividends and interests), no inheritance taxes and a tax-credit of up to 20 per cent of the amount invested in 2021 to cover for any capital losses.

State Street Global Advisors launches Climate Bond Funds

This new fund range therefore enables bond investors to immediately set the direction and ambition for their climate-based investment goals, while also aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Apex Group appointed by Genesys to support operations in Hungary

Apex offers a comprehensive range of corporate services covering all stages of a business’ life cycle for clients including corporates and multinationals as well as financial services firms who benefit from reduced exposure to risk, enhanced control

Aviva Investors ousts 10 managers as it retools equities desk around sustainable funds

‘They have a lot of work to do to convince the market’ after major second pivot in eight years

UBP Impact Funds now also available on Nucleus and Elevate platforms

The UBAM – Positive Impact Emerging Equity Fund, which marked its one-year anniversary last month

Allfunds partners with fintech to boost private markets access

Partnership strengthens Allfunds’ private market and sub-advisory ambitions with integration of iCapital’s technology and solutions

KBI Global Investors reveals impact scores for its strategies using novel methodology

KBIGI remains one of a small band of managers with this type of capability.

Zurich boutique launches ESG fund of hedge funds

Aquis has a partnership with ESG company WaVeritas, which is responsible for the ESG due diligence process and the ESG performance measurement of the hedge funds universe.

Financial services is seeing 'biggest M&A boom since 1980s'

He added: “2021 is going to be a very busy year. I think that the question sort of looking out into the longer term is more difficult, but I wouldn't see any immediate change.”

Broker satisfaction with lenders edges closer to pre-pandemic levels

The research is based on 597 mortgage brokers’ responses concerning 44 mortgage lenders.

Allfunds and iCapital Network make alliance

“iCapital is a global leader and a trusted name in alternative investing solutions and we are delighted to partner with them in bringing this innovative solution to our clients.”

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