12/06/2017
Aberdeen Standard Investments gets green light to launch funds in China
Aberdeen Standard Investments is the latest asset manager to obtain a licence to manage private funds in mainland China.
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12/06/2017
L&G sells a million life policies to Swiss Re
The following year Swiss Re bought Barclays’ life business for £753m.
12/06/2017
Four bidders line up for Hermes Investment Management
The fund manager is being advised on the sale by corporate finance boutique Fenchurch Advisory Partners
12/05/2017
ECB QE data offers further incentive to snap-up Italian bonds
France and Italy each enjoyed purchases that were nearly a billion euros above their ‘capital key’ at 10.439 billion euros and 9.077 billion euros.
12/05/2017
Warburg Pincus Announces Sale of INEA to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5
As growth investors, we feel privileged to have supported INEA in building the best quality operator with the best infrastructure in the country.
12/05/2017
Standard Life Private Equity Trust continues to favour Europe
The portfolio is deliberately underweight Southern Europe as these private equity markets have historically underperformed.
12/04/2017
UBS ahead of the pack in 2017 market share race
The real race all year, though, has been for the No.2 spot.
12/04/2017
Catella Residential Investment Management acquires residential project developments in Nuremberg and Stuttgart
The fund is managed by Institutional Investment Partners 2IP. CRIM will be responsible for managing the fund’s residential portfolio, which has been designed for a utility in southern Germany.
12/04/2017
Norway shows how not to run a sovereign wealth fund
No matter how one looks at it, the performance of Norway’s oil fund is mediocre at best.
11/30/2017
Euronext buys Irish Stock Exchange
As part of Euronext, ISE’s growth initiatives will be reinforced with Euronext’s full support.
11/30/2017
Small cap stars rise up the ranks and look to grow capital
The Trust has generated an annualised return of 23.4% over the last five years, with its NAV rising by 183.8% on a total return basis vs a sector average increase of just 78.4%.
11/29/2017
Aberdeen Standard Shuts Former Blockbusting Bond Fund
Wealth Manager Regrets The Error
11/29/2017
Beijing and Guernsey in captive insurance joint venture
ARM Managing Director Charles Scott said captives are going to be at the forefront of innovation in China’s insurance market.
11/29/2017
Fidelity Unveils Details Of New Performance Fee Model
Fidelity International Has Published Details On Its “Truly Innovative”
11/28/2017
Cost efficiencies could slash UK pensions’ fees by around a third says AMX
Launched in the UK in February 2017, AMX says it has increased its assets under management, from $750 million at launch to over $2 billion within its first six months
11/28/2017
IPE Awards: PensionDanmark scoops European Pension Fund of the Year
PensionDanmark’s advanced approach also saw the fund take home the Innovation award.
11/27/2017
Catella Wohnen Europa investment fund acquires project developments in Denmark and Germany
The development is located very close to the university in the north-east of the city and benefits from excellent public transport links.
11/27/2017
The Australian asset manager building out its UK presence
The global fund is one of three strategies run by the firm – alongside a global long-only fund and an Asia long-short portfolio – and is the firm’s first foray into the UK market.
11/27/2017
RBR Seeks Saudi Royal Family Investment For Credit Suisse -Source
RBR’s Bohli Offered Introduction To Saudi Representative
11/27/2017
Amundi Plans Push Into Private Equity
The €1.4 trillion European asset manager seeks to compete with private-equity firms by investing more in companies directly