07/31/2015
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Alternative Investments
07/31/2015
Old Mutual: How to prepare your portfolio for the bond market volatility that is likely to strike when UK interest rates rise
Christine Johnson, head of fixed interest at Old Mutual Global Investors has outlined for What Investment the strategies that investors should deploy when a rise in UK interest rates begins to impact on the bond market.
07/31/2015
Romania's Aqua Carpatica will take EUR 28 million loan from Unicredit
Jean Valvis has focused his efforts in turning AQUA Carpatica into an international brand, in the past years.
07/31/2015
CISE ceases discussions with GXG's SME marketplaces
Fiona Le Poidevin, Chief Executive Officer of the CISE, said: “The deal had reached offer stage but, following extensive due diligence procedures, the decision has been made by the CISE not to proceed.”
07/31/2015
Zurich Insurance says any RSA bid likely to be all in cash
Zurich’s financial adviser is Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs and Robey Warshaw are preparing to work with RSA
07/30/2015
Rangers suspend rights for four major shareholders in battle to unmask mystery investors
THE RANGERS board has turned up the heat in the battle to unmask their mystery investors and clean up the club.
07/30/2015
Jupiter poised for double income fund launch
Jupiter is planning to expand its fund range, with two new income solutions before the year is out.
07/30/2015
Optionality key for managers as Jersey gets AIFMD passport recommendation from ESMA
Recognition for Jersey’s regulatory framework for alternative funds and the recommendation that the jurisdiction should enjoy future access to a Europe-wide passport under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has been welcom
07/29/2015
Hedgies up stakes in WH Ireland to 24%
Renowned hedge fund investors Reade Griffith and Christopher Gate have both upped their stakes in WH Ireland to a combined 24% of the company’s shares.
07/29/2015
Fine wine investor uses Burgundy as loan collateral
Lenders offering cash for up to 60% of value of wine collections
07/28/2015
Bluecrest Capital Management is hiring from banks again
Bluecrest Capital Management, the hedge fund hovering up all the investment banking traders, had been on a hiring hiatus.
07/28/2015
The world's largest asset manager is trying to make a name for itself in private financing
He sees particular opportunity now because banks that had funded those types of projects are constrained from doing so by post-crisis regulations.
07/28/2015
Hedge-Fund Billionaires Bet on London as Revival Gathers Pace
Now managers say trading opportunities are multiplying and dealmaking is picking up.
07/28/2015
The oil trader who joined the bitcoin brigade
When Daniel Masters walked into a bitcoin conference in Amsterdam last year, he had spent more than a decade riding the boom in commodities markets.
07/28/2015
LME Clear launches new renminbi initiative
Chinese-owned BOCI Global Commodities will be the first LME Clear Member to submit CNH collateral.
07/27/2015
Plato Partnership enters “exclusive” deal with Turquoise
Plato is a trading utility that aims to provide a one-stop shop for anonymous block trades.
07/27/2015
Army captain turned investment general who leads from the front
In a financial world in flux, for an investment firm fighting its corner, it may help to have a boss who has seen the industry from all sides, and from outside.
07/27/2015
Pearson in talks to sell Economist after Financial Times sale
The talks over a potential sale are with other group shareholders, according to a source close to the situation.
07/27/2015
David Cameron hails £750m business deals in Asia tour
Business deals worth more than £750 million will be sealed during David Cameron's four-day tour of south-east Asia which begins in Indonesia today.
07/27/2015
IndusInd acquires RBS' bullion financing business
In April this year, IndusInd Bank said it has entered into an agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland to acquire the latter's diamond and jewellery financing business in the country for an undisclosed sum.