03/06/2015
Mariana launches multi-asset fund for former AAA-rated Dolbear
The Mariana Risk Optimum fund will have the flexibility to invest across nine asset classes.
Alternative Investments
03/06/2015
Philip Manduca: ‘Forget gold – diamonds are the best store of value’
Manduca is a seasoned, successful City veteran who helped pioneer the hedge fund industry in Europe in the 1980s.
03/06/2015
Threadneedle set to merge entire multi-manager range into 7IM funds
Threadneedle's multi-manager team, headed by Giles Gilbertson and Damian Barry, will move to 7IM if the proposals are approved at an EGM due to take place today (6 March).
03/06/2015
Nucleus CEO: retail fund management is 'out of control'
In a speech at Nucleus's annual strategy event, Ferguson said the retail fund management industry is 'slack and sluggish' and needs to learn from its institutional counterpart.
03/05/2015
Gibraltar Funds Gain Preferential Access Rights To German Market
The German financial regulator has recently adopted a reciprocal private placement policy the effect of which is that where German funds not within scope of AIFMD are allowed to be privately placed into other EU member states
03/05/2015
Leading Dutch bank says to end stake in former US insurance arm
They have restructured extensively over the last few years to repay a government loan to bail it out during the height of the 2008 banking crisis.
03/05/2015
Sahara's Grosvenor House hotel in London put up for sale
London's landmark Grosvenor House hotel has been put up for sale after its owner, part of troubled Indian conglomerate Sahara
03/05/2015
Jupiter’s Slendebroek & Chatfeild-Roberts share £3.5m bonus pot
Slendebroek’s bonus for the year stood at £1.8 million, of which £680,000 is in Jupiter shares, deferred for a period of three years.
03/05/2015
Exec reveals how Brookfield, Qatar conquered Canary Wharf
Brookfield Property Partners' chief executive has lifted the lid on the three-month long battle for Canary Wharf, which culminated in the largest UK property deal for a decade
03/05/2015
A first for International Fund Management
Praxis Fund Services Limited will act as administrator of the fund.
03/05/2015
New organisation to support North West family businesses
A national organisation that has launched a new division in the North West has pledged its commitment to provide ‘fresh and relevant’ support to the region’s 300,000 family run and owned businesses
03/05/2015
Stanley Gibbons wins Best Alternative Investment Provider
The Channel Island-based Stanley Gibbons Group has received the 'Best Alternative Investments Provider' award at the ADVFN International Financial Awards.
03/05/2015
Asset Allocation: Standard Life Investments’ Bambos Hambi looks to Europe and Japan
Fund manager believes the global economy recovery is firmly on track.
03/04/2015
Veteran hotelier ploughs cash into hotel venture fund
The fund is on the hunt for hotels ideally with a minimum of 100 bedrooms, worth between £10m and £20m each.
03/04/2015
R&Q Synergy sale falls through
Randall & Quilter, the insurance services and investment company, has failed to complete the sale of its managing general agent
03/04/2015
Global advisory and fund services firm voted Best European Hedge Fund Administrator
The firm offers independent third-party fund administration globally across all fund types and investment styles, with a focus on institutional asset managers, pension funds and hedge & private equity funds.
03/03/2015
Gibraltar SX to give small funds entry to Europe
Gibraltar’s first stock exchange is to give European investors access to funds that do not have a licence to market in the region
03/03/2015
Architas launches global multi-asset income fund for CIO Rock
The new fund will invest in a mixture of active and passive funds
03/03/2015
Openwork partners with Newton for multi-asset income launch
The new fund will be managed by Newton's Nick Clay and Citywire A-rated Paul Flood and have the ability to invest in equities, alternatives and cash.
03/03/2015
Aegon Completes Sale of Equity Stake in La Mondiale Participations
The agreement to sell Aegon's stake in La Mondiale Participations to La Mondiale for EUR 350 million was announced on November 24, 2014.