05/06/2015
Credit boutique merges with trading firm for new bonds business
Fixed income specialist ACPI Investments has struck a partnership deal with financial services firm Shard Capital Partners to form a new combined asset management company
Alternative Investments
05/05/2015
Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund relaunches with €1bn investment
Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund is set to re-emerge as a significant investor in the country’s recovering economy
05/05/2015
Kildare sells second Le Méridien in biggest Frankfurt hotel deal of 2015
Kildare Partners has disposed of the second of two Le Méridien hotels it acquired as distressed assets from Deutsche Bank a year ago
05/05/2015
Global alternative asset manager to acquire Telvent Global Services
Headquartered in Madrid, and employing more than 400 people, Telvent Global Services provides information technology (IT) infrastructure management services, including the provision of hosting across five data centers located in Spain and Portugal.
05/04/2015
Aztec Group wins Fund Administrator of the Year
Aztec Group has been named as the Fund Administrator of the Year at the 2015 European Private Equity Awards for the second year running.
05/04/2015
UK fund managers urged to be transparent on pay
Industry body calls on members to do so voluntarily rather than wait for regulations
05/03/2015
Why Cyprus isn’t Ireland
Both countries are island-states, ex British colonies, have a small population, and a significant portion of foreign direct investment.
05/03/2015
Harrods Estates opens its new office in Kensington
Harrods Estates’ new office, situated on Kensington Church Street, is part of the company’s expansion plans for the growth of the real estate arm of the famous Harrods department store.
05/03/2015
Macquarie revives talks with Jefferies on precious metals business
Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd is looking to recruit the precious metals trading team of Jefferies Group LLC's commodities brokerage, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
05/01/2015
The asset management industry has come of age
The huge and complex challenge facing fund managers
05/01/2015
Liverpool insurance brokerage starts trading under a new name
A Liverpool insurance brokerage is this morning hailing a new era as it starts trading under a new name.
05/01/2015
CIFA enlists KWM ro promote Cypriot investment funds
The Cyprus Investment Funds Association has formed a strategic partnership with law firm, King & Wood Mallesons to develop the legal and regulatory framework for investment funds in Cyprus
05/01/2015
Launch Pad: 7IM
The London-based fund house has included its range of portfolios in the offering and a range of single-sector funds available as part of portfolio planning for private clients and institutions.
05/01/2015
Brown Advisory launches ‘global leaders’ equity fund
The Brown Advisory Global Leaders fund, which is Dublin-domiciled was formally launch on 1 May.
04/30/2015
Luxembourg receives 50 billion RQFII quota
The Chinese central bank announced the quota, the first RQFII for Luxembourg, on its website.
04/30/2015
Investors attack Alliance Trust’s last-minute truce with Elliott
Booing investors in Alliance Trust attacked its board for spending £3m fighting proposals from activist hedge fund Elliott
04/30/2015
Burren launches UCITS Fund in Dublin
Burren Capital Advisors Limited, a specialist event driven manager launched in 2010, has launched its Global Arbitrage equities fund on the MontLake UCITS platform
04/30/2015
AIMA updates corporate governance guide
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the hedge fund industry group, has updated its Fund Directors Guide
04/30/2015
Prudential launches dynamic growth funds
Prudential has launched a new range of dynamic, multi-asset funds, designed to meet the needs of its business customers and provide better value for money
04/29/2015
Standard Life: UK income investors should continue to focus on commercial property
Despite rising prices in the asset and falling certainty surrounding the UK at present, income investors should still ‘find it hard to look past’ commercial property in the coming years, according to Dr. Andrew Milligan, head of global strateg