10/07/2019
Single manager model failing emerging market debt investors, says new research
Willis Towers Watson argues that this is due to the challenges of any single manager seeking to cover this broad asset class.
Alternative Investments
10/07/2019
Fed-up board threatens to sack Jupiter from UK Growth trust
Jupiter Fund Management faces dismissal from second investment trust in a week after board of small, poorly performing Jupiter UK Growth announces it is looking for ‘alternative arrangements’.
10/06/2019
Former Barclays banker Roger Jenkins abandons dreams of cannabis ‘green rush’ after marijuana farm is sold
He joined a wave of investors pouring cash into North America’s so-called green rush, a reference to the gold rush of the mid-19th century.
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
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.