04/29/2015
Blackstone Acquires 16 UK Logistics Assets
Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe IV, through its European logistics arm Logicor, has acquired a logistic portfolio consisting of 16 U.K.-based warehouse properties
Alternative Investments
04/29/2015
IKON Group awarded Best Forex Broker in Europe 2015
The 5th Annual IAIR Awards® took place on 10th March 2015 in Hong Kong, preceded by a conference entitled “Asia CEO Summit”
04/29/2015
The growing cachet of Guernsey open ended funds
Open ended fund structures are now regaining in popularity
04/28/2015
Generali division to focus on North American property/casualty
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial has launched a New York-based U.S. division to serve the North American property/casualty insurance market
04/28/2015
Omni nears $1 bln in assets with new direct lending fund
Omni Partners is aiming to raise $250 million this year in its second fund lending to companies, looking to profit by extending short-term loans secured against residential and commercial properties in Britain.
04/27/2015
Fund inflows pour in as ETFs celebrate 15th birthday in Europe
European-listed ETFs projected to double to just over $1tn by the end of 2019
04/27/2015
How London man may have helped trigger the 'flash crash'
Just how big a role he played has been hotly debated since the federal complaint was unsealed earlier this week
04/27/2015
Alliance Trust pins faith in investor ‘passion’
Private investors are estimated to hold between 65 per cent and 70 per cent of the Tayside trust’s shares
04/27/2015
Great Portland JV sells West End building for 222.4 million pounds
Great Portland Estates Plc said its joint venture with Aberdeen Asset Management sold 95 Wigmore Street
04/27/2015
Societe Generale in Luxembourg mandated by Cyan Oak Capital to process derivatives operations
Created in 2013 in London, Cyan Oak Capital LLP provides institutional investors with access to a global equity derivatives opportunity fund.
04/27/2015
Aberdeen Asset and Great Portland sell London building for £222.4 million
Annual rental income is said to be £8.1m with rents ranging from £77.50 to £92.50 per square feet.
04/27/2015
R.B.S. Agrees to Sell Another Batch of Company Loans to Mizuho
The portfolio consists of $5.6 billion in commitments
04/27/2015
Legg Mason renames ICVC fund range
Legg Mason Global Asset Management has renamed the Legg Mason Funds ICVC fund range adding the subsidiary managing the fund to the name.
04/27/2015
JPMAM merges UK Focus fund with UK Dynamic fund
JPMorgan Asset Management plans to merge the underperforming UK Focus fund with its UK Dynamic fund as it aims to “simplify and improve” its range.
04/27/2015
BlackRock buys 11% of Patient Capital
BlackRock has added to the wave of cash flowing into the Woodford Patient Capital Trust with the purchase of an 11% stake.
04/24/2015
Flash crash trader Navinder Singh Sarao is a 'hero', says fund manager
Navinder Singh Sarao's actions have been described as heroic by a fund manager, as US authorities pursue him for allegedly causing a market crash
04/24/2015
The fund that never meets with company CEOs
At a time when regulators are cracking down on the way fund managers pay for company visits to help work out investment strategies
04/24/2015
Qatar buys majority stake in three luxury London hotels
The company has been amassing some of Europe’s best-known hotels including the Intercontinental Park Lane, the St Regis in Rome and Le Grand in Paris.
04/24/2015
Qatari-led group completes deal to buy London's Canary Wharf
It is expected that Songbird's shares will cease to trade on London's AIM market on April 23.
04/24/2015
Global Alternative Asset Manager agrees to sell Majority Stake in Metrologic Group
The company's universally compatible metrology software delivers high performance, ease-of-use and processing speed. Metrologic solutions are used by 4,000 customers in 40 countries.