10/23/2019
MJ Hudson acquires Jersey administrator Anglo Saxon Trust
The acquisition separates Anglo Saxon Trust from its sister company, Jackson Fox, a chartered accountancy practice.
Alternative Investments
10/23/2019
Europe’s largest money manager warns of an investment industry liquidity crisis
Blanqué said that banks’ diminished ability to absorb liquidity demand during selloff periods could pose wider problems for fund managers.
10/23/2019
Transact platform assets up 14%
Transact emerged as the top retail adviser platform in Q2 2019 with sales of £796m, followed by Aviva and AJ Bell.
10/23/2019
Vanguard goes on offensive in European fund price war
Asset manager seeks to undermine rivals with fee cuts on 46 products
10/22/2019
​NBIM, Prologis buy €82m London logistics asset, reap €56m from US sale
Prologis bought the remaining 50% interest in the property, which has total leasable logistics space of 20,519sqm, and will perform the asset management on the property on behalf of the joint venture.
10/22/2019
Financial adviser Shalchi & Partners opens London office
Shalchi said: "We are honoured to establish Shalchi & Partners in the UK and determined to offer our clients the very best in financial services.
10/22/2019
The new Government pension Wake-Up pack: a briefing note and action plan from national advisory group LEBC
The problem with inflation adjusted figures is that they can make retirement funding look like an impossible dream.
10/22/2019
Hedge fund redemptions continue in August as industry sees USD11.3bn in outflows, says Backstop BarclayHedge
Strong US stock market performance early in the summer and positive economic news contributed to significant inflows to US funds in August, but it wasn’t enough to tip the industry wide balance.
10/22/2019
Chinese companies eye Guernsey captives as they expand in Europe
Storey pointed to existing co-operation agreements between Guernsey and China as another reason Chinese companies will comfortable establishing their captives in Guernsey.
10/21/2019
Seems SoftBank’s ‘tech-whispering’ operating partner lost his touch
It's a background that doesn't seem suited to SoftBank's array of tech investments but would seem to recommended him as a man to keep a handle on WeWork,
10/21/2019
BNP Paribas partners with Allfunds and takes stake in the firm
Allfunds will also open offices in Warsaw and Paris as a result of the agreement.
10/21/2019
Pimfa to bolster investor engagement with listed companies
Marc Downes, chief executive at Investor Meet Company, said the company hopes to "redefine" the way individual investors and companies engage.
10/21/2019
PIMFA Annual Summit Addresses Key Areas for Evolution and Innovation in Financial Services
“The industry is stuck and thinks about things a very certain way because they’ve come from very similar backgrounds, Boards and firms often look the same, and it can feel like ‘this is not a club I feel invited to join”.
10/21/2019
FTSE debutant M&G still in shadow of glitzier Prudential
Prudential up 6.5% to lead FTSE 100 gainers
10/21/2019
Fund house shuts as market conditions take their toll
Sanditon pursued a value style of investing, and this has been deeply out of favour for most of the years since the financial crisis.
10/21/2019
40 million UK adults rolling the dice on retirement
The findings also highlight a significant gender gap, with women particularly exposed.
10/20/2019
David Druley: ‘Just a few hundred managers deserve capital’
Cambridge Associates chief talks about value investing, private ventures and WeWork
10/18/2019
The Route – Finance secures £30m to fund eight UK developments
The Route’s latest £2.6 million loan, part of a £12.6 million total facility, will develop the next phase of the project, which comprises 130 residential apartments and nine office units.
10/18/2019
BC Partners seeks 700 million euros for first European real estate fund -sources
The fundraising comes after Blackstone Group Inc, the world’s largest private equity firm with $154 billion in real estate assets under management, bought a minority stake in BC Partners in August.
10/18/2019
DeVere's Nigel Green named Personality of the Year at 20th II Awards
This and the Personality of the Year awards were decided by a mix of online voting and the judging panel.