10/04/2019
Lazard to lay off as much as 7% of asset management workforce
Cutting of investment staff and others follows firm’s annual review
Alternative Investments
10/04/2019
Nervous fund investors run for the exit as mood sours
Investors have been selling down equity funds for the past three months
10/04/2019
Darwall takes £1bn fund from Jupiter
Fund Rock will act as the authorised corporate director of the trust.
10/04/2019
Fourth quarter of outflows hits active UK funds - Calastone
Outflows also hit property, absolute return, commodity and mixed asset funds in September, Calastone added.
10/04/2019
Nordea liquidates rated pair’s Europe fund after big redemption
The fund was managed by AA-rated Henning Padberg and A-rated Thomas Sørensen.
10/03/2019
S. Korea seeks close ties with Russia's sovereign wealth fund
The first batch of funding will amount to $400 million and gradually be expanded to invest in other areas, such as health care, down the road, Seoul's finance ministry said.
10/03/2019
BNP Paribas AM partners with budding boutique for new fund
The fund offers exposure to a unique systematic index that is part of the Dynamix family, launched by Napoleon Capital and administered and calculated by Napoleon Index.
10/03/2019
RWC profits jump 34% as major tech overhaul pays off
RWC saw its profits increase from £6.7 million to £9 million over 2018 as it looks to replace its incumbent systems by the end of 2019
10/02/2019
Global Insights on PE Fundrasing
TMF Group executives located in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America share their insights
10/02/2019
British Private Equity Awards 2019: winners announced
The judges' input was then considered alongside a vote from the Unquote readership to determine the winners.
10/01/2019
PGIM Real Estate launches open-ended Asia Core fund
Asia Core has a diversified strategy investing in the key cities of Japan, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and China, across the office, retail, industrial and residential sectors.
10/01/2019
Robeco calls time on fiduciary management offering
As a consequence of the asset manager’s decision, the four schemes still using Robeco for fiduciary management are to find these services elsewhere.
10/01/2019
Aquila Capital enters the Italian real estate market with a 104,000 m² sustainable logistics development near Milan
Construction is scheduled to commence at the beginning of 2020 and the plant is to be handed over to the tenants in January 2021.
10/01/2019
Punter Southall Aspire acquires Employee Benefits business
The acquisition will enable the team to offer clients a fully comprehensive range of employee benefits services.
10/01/2019
Schroders partners with Nuveen to expand GAIA platform
Andrew Dreaneen, Head of Liquid Alternatives, Schroders, commented: “Schroders and Nuveen both share long-standing investment traditions and the same enduring philosophy – to best meet our clients’ investment needs.
10/01/2019
Neptune brand dropped after takeover
A total of 19 funds — ranging from global and income to regional and emerging market — have been added to Liontrust’s proposition
10/01/2019
NorthStar Realty Europe Completes Merger with AXA Investment Managers
After the settlement of the previously disclosed forward exchange contracts to hedge the non-U.S. dollar portions of the merger consideration, the U.S. dollar consideration to be paid for each share of NRE common stock is approximately $17.01.
09/30/2019
Brexit concerns, weak pound create 'rare opportunity' for GCC investors in London
A $6m investment into prime central London real estate would effectively cost 40% less today than six years ago
09/30/2019
Fundsmith appoints Zeidler Group to produce KIIDs for UCITS funds
Zeidler continues: “The KIID generator is another addition to our “Super-App” for all the legal and compliance requirements that asset managers have.”
09/30/2019
FinecoBank launches fund investment offer in partnership with M&G
M&G’s position as one of the leading investment houses in the UK makes it a logical fit with the bank.