11/23/2020
Ross Trustees secures private equity backing
LDC investment director Phil Hinson and head of Midlands Richard Whitwell will join the board as non-executive directors following the investment.
11/23/2020
The $358bn manager is struggling to prove its worth following its 2017 merger — but would another deal help?
11/23/2020
UBP’s Kier Boley discusses where he is finding opportunities in hedge funds and why he thinks global macro strategies might make a comeback.
11/22/2020
Stephanie Butcher has the task of rebuilding the asset manager’s reputation after some tough years
11/20/2020
These awards highlight that we’re getting it right for our broker partners and customers while continuing to innovate and provide excellent customer service.
11/20/2020
Move by sovereign wealth fund would mean an increase of $18bn placed with outside managers
11/20/2020
Reuters reported on Sept 20 that the French bank had hired Citigroup to oversee the sale.
11/20/2020
“It simply doesn’t make sense and they have decided to rent for another year and see where they stand in 2021.”
11/19/2020
Rory Bateman, head of equities at Schroders, said: “This is a once in a generation opportunity to get into UK equities on the public and private side."
11/19/2020
The OYSTER Sustainable Europe fund has obtained the SRI Label, after a labelling process carried out independently by EY (Ernst and Young), based on precise and demanding specifications.
11/19/2020
With our highly active specialist funds, we are well positioned to perform for our clients and shareholders over the long term.
11/19/2020
Germany is also “overrepresented” for bonds, albeit less strongly than for equities, with 13.7%, compared to 5% in the BofA Global Broad Market Index.
11/19/2020
Diversity and inclusion have become a priority for institutional investors in the UK, two thirds of which say their firms are excluding companies from their investment portfolios if they fail to meet certain thresholds.
11/19/2020
An OCIO assumes the legal and fiduciary responsibilities of a chief investment officer and provides those services externally.
11/19/2020
Europe’s biggest shopping centre owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), faces a major crisis. Rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the growing need to pay down its €24bn (£21.5bn) debt pile, the group set out a €9bn turnaround strate
11/18/2020
Octopus launches new Ventures EIS
Octopus has invested more than £3 billion in early stage companies on behalf of retail and institutional investors.
11/18/2020
‘Big fat chequebooks’ squeeze small IFAs out of M&A market
As acquisitions by consolidators leave rivals in the dust
11/18/2020
Thomas H Lee Partners raises USD900m for automation-focused PE fund
Automation is everywhere in the news now as a result of the pandemic, but the reality is that the return on investment from automation was already high for businesses that deployed automation pre-pandemic.
11/18/2020
"We are very, very keen on this side and we are happy to talk with anybody with assets under management to buy."
11/17/2020
Finding a suitable buyer proved a challenge