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Investec teams up with Lowes for eight-year structured product

Lowes recently beat IA in structured product challenge

Investment consultancy rebrands and launches first fund

Levendi has £600 million of assets under advice and runs a model portfolio service range on a third party basis for wealth manager James Brearley & Sons.

Ex-Odey long/short fund manager opens new firm

In 2016, an Odey spokesperson stated the Odey Orion fund had been ‘wound down’ as an Odey product and ultimately for the firm saw the fund as un-scalable.

UCITS equity funds net sales bolstered by investor confidence in November

Net sales of UCITS and AIF totalled EUR68 billion in November 2017, down from EUR84 billion in October, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (EFAMA) latest Investment Funds Industry Fact Sheet.

Dutch pension fund moves from impact alignment to impact management

PGGM takes stock of what and how much impact its investments have, but on who remains a mystery

Monument Re acquires Luxembourg company

Completion will follow receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of closing conditions.

Americans are set to bid for London Stock Exchange, says activist fund boss

Sir Christopher challenged the board of the London exchange in October last year after it announced that it was seeking a replacement for Xavier Rolet

ACC expands activities across Asia-Pacific

The ACC is already active in the US and European markets, and the formation of the APAC group will consolidate the association’s position as the voice of the global private credit sector.

Schroders launches new multi-strategy fund

The fund is based on Wellington’s existing ‘Pagosa’ strategy, which has been managed by Christopher Kirk and Dennis Kim since its inception in January 2012.

Equiom makes Luxembourg acquisition

A total of 18 staff will join Equiom Group with immediate effect.

Alliance Trust is £7.5m up thanks to 2017 sale of investment arm

Liontrust paid for ATI in a mixture of cash and shares in a deal that was expected to be valued at up to £30 million.

Goldman Sachs interested in buying Commerzbank's ETF unit

Barclays and France's Société Générale are also interested in buying the equities division, which Commerzbank announced last year it might spin off.

The case against an offshore property register

Could the government be about to provide criminals with a target list? RSM partner Gary Heynes investigates

Alliance Trust sells entire stake in Liontrust

Alliance Trust has completed the sale of its entire stake in fund management business Liontrust for £21.1m.

JP Morgan chases alternatives with multi-asset trust launch

It will be run by multi-asset managers Talib Sheikh, Katy Thorneycroft and Gareth Witcomb

Dillon Eustace advises on launch of new asset management vehicle

We see a continued interest in this type of structure and welcome TCP as a client.

Activist RBR pushes for IT shakeup at Credit Suisse

RBR -- which has proposed breaking up Credit Suisse, whose management dismisses the need for such a radical step -- had flagged such a move in December.

Miton to launch Balanced Multi Asset Fund for UK investors

The fund is unconstrained by benchmarks giving it the ability to temper downside risk by aggressively managing equity exposure.

Impax Asset Management completes Pax World Management takeover

The existing management and investment teams of both the companies will be retained, with Pax president and CEO Joe Keefe continuing to head the firm.

Transact to take £27bn IFA platfom public

Launched in 1999 as Britain’s first adviser platform, IntegraFin said that Transact had recorded 17 years of continuous growth and had been profitable since 2003.

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