07/03/2014
Most of the increase was driven by private equity firms floating shares on stock markets. Fees handed to investment banks by private firms rose 45 per cent compared to last year, worth $5.8bn.
07/03/2014
The winner doesn’t just get the glory of beating their fellow students, but the honour of having real money allocated from the Student Investment Fund
07/03/2014
It will also be overseen by recently-recruited co-chief investment officer Neill Nuttall and global portfolio solutions international head Kathryn Koch.
07/03/2014
They are not that dependent on the direction of yields. But in general, we have reduced our exposure to these strategies.
07/03/2014
Appearing at the top of the Best Earnings Estimators list and third in the Best Stock Pickers list is Benjamin Rosenberger
07/03/2014
Recent financial market turmoil has reinforced the importance of thinking seriously about tail risks, because traditional systems failed to warn of losses during the financial crisis
07/03/2014
The DWS Invest and DWS Invest II mutual funds, which are distributed internationally, will be renamed Deutsche Invest I and Deutsche Invest II by the end of August 2014, subject to regulatory approval.
07/03/2014
Standard Life Investments Property Income trust has announced it is to cut its annual management charge
07/03/2014
Man Group’s AHL Diversified, which relies on computer models to capture profitable moves in in bonds, commodities and currencies, advanced 9 percent in the first six months of 2014.
07/03/2014
Launched in 2008, Novia has led the charge on clean share class conversion with many of its peers still continuing to pay rebates
07/03/2014
The firm will also merge the £75 million L&G Pacific Growth trust into the £126.1 million L&G Asian Income fund
07/03/2014
Scottish Life, Scottish Widows, Aegon and Standard Life dominate benchmarks set when reviewing pension portfolios.
07/02/2014
Allianz Plugs UK's Infrastructure Funding Gap With £500m Debt Fund
Allianz GI is the asset management arm of German financial services giant Allianz. The fund will seek to plug the gap in the infrastructure finance market left by banks, which have become less prominent in the space.
07/02/2014
Anthony Hilton: Funds must focus on the clients’ needs
These firms effectively decide what fund managers should be allowed to pitch for the pension fund’s business
07/02/2014
Pbb looks to be first German bank in the green bond market
The green bond theme is picking up steam with banks, as Deutsche Pfandbriefbank looks to become the next in a growing group of banks to issue socially responsible investment (SRI) bonds.
07/02/2014
Aviva takes on Gars with three-strong range for Munro
The multi-asset range will include the Multi-Strategy Target Return fund, which launches on Tuesday, alongside an income-focused fund, set to launch in the fourth quarter, followed by an inflation fund which will launch at a later point.
07/02/2014
Cofunds adds special-priced Multi-Index C Class to the platform fund range
Coming at a time when there’s increased interest in the ‘total cost of ownership’ of investing, this launch creates a potentially powerful retirement proposition for financial intermediaries.
07/02/2014
Private equity is a long-term and illiquid asset class
07/02/2014
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched a three-strong range of multi-asset funds aiming to preserve, enhance and create wealth.
07/02/2014
Henderson Global Investors has launched a new fund which will be run by an experienced global natural resources manager from its Australian subsidiary