06/14/2017
Vontobel unveils sustainable EM equity fund for UK investors
The new share class will be available on several UK wholesale platforms and is also suitable for pension fund and charity clients.
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06/14/2017
Hedge Funds Still In Style At Varma
The fund already uses risk premia as an overlay to traditional cross-asset strategies
06/13/2017
Legal & General says it's had strong start to year
Legal & General's investment management arm has over 950 billion pounds ($1.2 trillion) of assets under management.
06/13/2017
Ignis Asset Management reports 172 per cent increase in net investment income
Pre-tax profits rise to £37.4m for Glasgow-based company acquired by Standard Life Investments in 2014 in a £390m deal 3 SHARES
06/13/2017
Janus-Henderson Merger: The Wait Is Over
The merger has enhanced the global reach by combining Janus’s strengths and Henderson’s strengths in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively.
06/13/2017
Investec to overhaul multi-asset fund
The fund currently invests primarily in the likes of investment trusts and other portfolios, with an "equity-centric" approach.
06/13/2017
Germany signs financing deals worth $228.3mln with Egypt
The second deal entails a €12 million grant to support Egypt’s dual education system.
06/12/2017
Janus Henderson Global Investors: when Andrew met Dick
Co-chiefs of $6.4bn merged group are committed to making joint leadership work
06/12/2017
New London investment firm reveals intention to float
The London-based firm is seeking to raise up to £300m via a placing and an offer for subscription of ordinary shares in the capital of the business.
06/12/2017
Investor appetite for distribution warehouses drives property fund’s first close
It will be invested in sites with the potential for significant value to be added through planning, development and asset management.
06/12/2017
Investec launches global total return credit fund
It added that the strategy is designed to cope with higher interest rates and a low yield environment.
06/11/2017
Bringing Gold Back to Germany
The German central bank is currently repatriating much of its overseas gold, but part of the reserves is going to stay abroad.
06/10/2017
Real Estate and Gold driving UK Islamic Finance Offerings
The product will allow financing of buy-to-live properties as well as refinance customers’ existing properties in London.
06/09/2017
Is the global property bubble ready to burst?
The days of double-digit annual house price increases appear to be over.
06/08/2017
Janus Henderson reshapes institutional team post-merger
She is also a trustee of Henderson’s staff pension scheme.
06/08/2017
Templeton Emerging Markets cuts fees after strong year
Templeton isn’t the only emerging markets trust to cut its fee in recent times.
06/08/2017
Threadneedle: M&A boost on the horizon
Columbia Threadneedle duo James Thorne and Matt Evans noted that weaker post-Brexit valuations in the small and mid-cap space had led to a spate of M&A activity.
06/07/2017
TD Direct Investing’s Lux-based int’l business rebrands
The re-naming of the Luxembourg operation came this week, as Interactive Investor announced it had completed its acquisition of the Toronto-based banking group’s European platform operation, which provides investment facilities direct to consumers.
06/07/2017
SAIL Capital Wins its 5th International Award This Year
SAIL Capital has been honored as “Best Cleantech Private Equity Firm - New York” by Wealth and Finance International’s Wealth and Money Management Awards 2017.
06/07/2017
Illuminate Financial backs bond-trading fintech
The company’s electronic trading platform is used by Canaccord Genuity and South Africa's RMB bank