11/15/2018
PwC: Asset management costs to drop 20% by 2025
The past five years were a golden period for large asset managers, PwC said, as margins rose by almost 16% and costs fell almost 16% relative to an income decline of almost 10%.
Alternative Investments
11/13/2018
Acquisitions boost AFH revenues by 50%
Funds under management showed an increase of £1.7bn over the period.
11/13/2018
Macron’s Gold Rush: France in plot to SWIPE gold trade from London in Brexit grab
France is reigniting historic rivalry with Britain with plans to snatch a share of global gold trade from London.
11/13/2018
Legal & General launches income protection online hub
Craig Brown, director of Legal and General Intermediary said that while critical illness cover and life insurance were often the first protection solutions, for many customers IP could play an equally important role.
11/13/2018
Schroders UK property trust boss prepares for downturn
The trust has a current yield of 4.2 per cent.
11/13/2018
Lloyd’s opens Brussels office
The company is established and operational with 50 staff based in the Belgian capital as well as 45 other staff across the continent.
11/13/2018
Marsh combines specialty unit with JLT, reshuffles management
In addition to becoming vice chairman of MMC and a member of the Marsh & McLennan executive committee, Dominic Burke, currently CEO of JLT Group, will become chairman of Marsh-JLT Specialty.
11/12/2018
Belgian state becomes shareholder in securities manager Euroclear
Euroclear regulates the securities transactions of 2,000 major investors, such as global pension funds and insurers.
11/12/2018
Ogier advises Merian on £100m launch and listing
"Guernsey is the home of alternative investment funds and Merian Chrysalis is a great addition to Guernsey's already strong stable of listed investment funds."
11/12/2018
London Stock Exchange Group Launches Reports On African Capital Markets
The reports will be launched at the African Investment Forum in Johannesburg.
11/12/2018
Transact is most popular platform with advisers
The platform attracted net assets from retail advisers of £979m in the quarter, putting it £3m ahead of Standard Life and £19m ahead of AJ Bell.
11/12/2018
Fund buyers back Terry Smith despite sentiment shift
The fund is also the top performer from 160 funds in the IA Global sector over the past three and five years.
11/12/2018
Advisers say personal allowance rise is biggest Budget win
The poll asked advisers to choose which of the four Budget 2018 announcements will have the most positive impact on their clients.
11/09/2018
Wellington Management launches climate strategy Ucits fund
The fund manager in charge is Alan Hsu, a global industry analyst who has been with Wellington Management for 10 years.
11/09/2018
Gresham House scoops up assets from Livingbridge in £30m deal
Asset manager Gresham House will hand over £30m to acquire Baronsmead and other funds from manager Livingbridge.
11/08/2018
Paris property benefits from Brexit bounce
Relocations from London as well as oil money from the Middle East are driving demand
11/08/2018
Qatari firm buys London's Grosvenor House hotel
Katara Holdings which owns the Savoy and Connaught pays undisclosed sum for hotel on Park Lane
11/07/2018
Willis Towers Watson closes Securities M&A advisory unit
The Willis Towers Watson Securities unit used to encompass both insurance-linked securities (ILS) and M&A advisory or transactional business, but the ILS business was integrated into the reinsurance broking arm Willis Re earlier this year.
11/06/2018
Hearthstone fund makes first PRS acquisitions in southern England
HRF1 is a ten-year closed-end private equity vehicle investing into the private rented sector in UK regions.
11/04/2018
Netherlands government to issue green bonds in 2019
Green bond financing is an option that has received increasing attention on a global scale.