03/30/2015
Axiom launches French regulated CoCos fund dedicated to Basel III securities -
Axiom Contingent Capital will aim to outperform its benchmark
Alternative Investments
03/30/2015
Sterling launches e-trade service for brokers
Offering comes with three new commercial e-trade products.
03/30/2015
Intesa Sanpaolo and GSO Capital Partners to Launch Joint Italian Direct Lending Initiative
Intesa Sanpaolo and GSO Capital Partners, the credit investment arm of Blackstone, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide an alternative source of funding to Italian middle market businesses
03/29/2015
BHP Billiton taps City for mining spin-off
Demerger forming South32 could be the biggest deal the mining industry has ever seen
03/29/2015
Eureeca receives regulatory approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority
FCA to regulate the first global equity crowdfunding platform
03/27/2015
Brewin's Gutteridge & Foster talk property with Standard Life's Baggaley
Ben Gutteridge and Guy Foster talk to Jason Baggaley, manager of the Standard Life Property Income investment trust about the outlook for UK commercial property
03/27/2015
Standard Life warns on annuities mis-selling risk
Standard Life head of pension strategy Jamie Jenkins has warned about the possibility of annuities being mis-sold
03/27/2015
European assets draw demand from Asia, says BNPP IP
BNP Paribas Investment Partners expects investors in Asia to increasingly focus on European opportunities amid depressed asset prices
03/27/2015
Borse Dubai sells its stake in LSE
Following the completion of the sale, Borse Dubai will not hold any shares in LSE
03/27/2015
Hedge fund Elliott Management discloses stake in Axis after Canon bid
Hedge fund Elliott Management disclosed a 7.5 percent stake in Swedish surveillance camera maker Axis AB, potentially raising pressure on Japan's Canon Inc (7751.T) to raise its bid for the firm.
03/27/2015
Cyprus: Expansion of business relations with South Africa
The efforts of the association are supported by the Cyprus High Commission in Pretoria
03/26/2015
LHV Bank Partners with Bitcoin Exchange CoinFloor
Estonian Bank LHV has made further links with the digital currency space, having partnered with UK exchange Coinfloor to handle user deposits
03/26/2015
Saxo Bank warns investors to price in the limits of “planned economy” model
Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has published its Q2 outlook warning investors of the end to the current cycle of ”extend and pretend” as the planned economy model of the past eight years comes to breaking
03/26/2015
Aviva paid out more than £500m in 2014
No one ever wants to claim against this type of policy
03/25/2015
Hedge Fund Boss Flies In for Vivendi Showdown
PSAM said Vivendi is undervalued because of its large cash stock
03/25/2015
Jupiter European Special Situations Fund - removal from Wealth 150
The fund has underperformed our other favoured managers with a full track record in this sector over the period, and our analysis suggests little value has been added through stock selection in recent years.
03/25/2015
Clearstream opens three new offshore RMB Cash Correspondent Bank accounts in Luxembourg, Singapore and Frankfurt
The move is the latest by Deutsche Börse Group and Clearstream to provide investors in Asia and Europe with more options and greater flexibility in managing their offshore RMB liquidity.
03/25/2015
RobecoSAM Smart Material fund doubles in size in 12 months
With advanced technology, significant production gains are achievable and many companies are successfully providing solutions to the challenge of resource scarcity.
03/25/2015
China Construction Bank selects Euroclear’s international ETF structure for first RMB listing
In this industry first, the ETF will be listed and traded in RMB, GBP and EUR on the London Stock Exchange
03/25/2015
Invesco says Paris golden triangle sales beat €135m investment
US-based Invesco Real Estate said it sold two offices in the Paris golden triangle to DTZ Investors France for an unnamed client