05/13/2016
Aegon aims high in digital savings shift
It was reported three months ago that a bid from the Edinburgh-based business for Cofunds had been “verbally accepted”, according to industry sources.
Alternative Investments
05/13/2016
Coram's Martin Gray passes away
Gray co-founded Coram with Sullivan back in 2015, where he served as an investment director
05/13/2016
This is how hedge funds are locking in their employees
“12-month non-competes are common, but for partner level employees I’ve seen people locked out of the employment market for three years.”
05/13/2016
Norway Uses Oil Wealth Fund Again to Stay Afloat
Norway is one of the wealthiest economies in Europe
05/12/2016
Firm Run by Clinton’s Son-in-Law to Close Greece Hedge Fund
It is not clear why Eaglevale waited until this year to close the Hellenic fund, which already had lost about 40 percent of its value by early last year.
05/12/2016
The ex-City boy turning round UK’s worst fund
The small share price premium is an amazing result for an unloved trust that previously habitually traded at a discount below its NAV under former manager James Barstow.
05/12/2016
Barings multi-asset team adds emerging Asia for first time in years
We believe the scale of the credit boom unleashed in China over the past few months is significant and should benefit emerging Asia
05/12/2016
Standard Life chief executive cuts own bonus
Standard Life's annual report, published earlier this year, showed Mr Skeoch receiving a salary of £574,000, plus taxable benefits worth £36,000.
05/12/2016
ETP providers launch ETF forum in the UK
A group of exchange traded product providers has banded together to launch the ETF Forum, an initiative designed to improve advisers’ understanding of exchange-traded funds.
05/11/2016
Robots are advising high-net-worth investors
This is the main finding in the report “Investors’ Attitudes towards Robo-Advisors – Evidence from the US and the UK ” by Swiss research company MyPrivateBanking Research.
05/11/2016
L&G fund arm, Nikko Asset Management sign bond fund distribution deal
The first funds are expected to launch in mid-2016, the firms added.
05/11/2016
UK's Plus500 Appoints Berenberg Bank as Joint Broker
UK-based Plus500 offers trading in forex, options, contracts for difference (CFDs), commodities, indices, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in more than 50 countries.
05/11/2016
Beagles ditches ‘frustrating’ Old Mutual
The manager called Old Mutual a “frustrating investment” due to a combination of management changes and a weak South African rand.
05/11/2016
Fears ‘spirit of RDR’ is under threat from insurers
Aviva, Old Mutual Wealth and most recently Standard Life have in the last two years cemented their ownership of every step of the financial services value chain
05/10/2016
The fund underdogs who are taking on the big beasts of the investment world’s premier league - Tilney Bestinvest
It’s a quintessentially British trait to love an underdog and in recent days it has been the success of Leicester City Football Club in winning the Premier League
05/10/2016
LME Steel Scrap contract sees first voice-brokered trade
Market open Interest has been steadily growing and bid/offer spreads have been as tight as $0.50.
05/10/2016
Investec AM heads $670m Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund
The private sector has a crucial role to play in unlocking the conditions for the sustainable, long-term development of Africa’s infrastructure.
05/10/2016
Global acquires two addition properties in the United Kingdom
The entire property is leased out to the Scottish Ministers on a long term lease, and is fully occupied by three main departments under the Scottish Ministers’
05/09/2016
Greece Back on the Radar as Hedge Funds Eye Turnaround
Fears that Greece will tumble out of the euro have receded from a year ago, although Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's promise that Greece's May 1 Orthodox Easter marked the country's "resurrection" was met with derision at home.
05/09/2016
German fund manager to launch Big Data hedge fund
More recently, the term has also come to encompass the use of specialised analytical techniques and computing tools to analyse these large and complex data sets.