09/14/2014
Russia's biggest bank considering listing on SGX
Singapore's Lacklustre Stock Market Could Get A Shot Of Adrenaline If Plans By The Huge Russian Lender Sberbank To List Here Come To Fruition.
Alternative Investments
09/12/2014
The Ongoing Price War In The European ETF Market Is Bad News For Deutsche Bank
Over the last few quarters, asset manager Vanguard has seen strong growth in its funds by cutting fees for a number of its exchange-traded fund offerings.
09/12/2014
night Frank, Douglas Elliman Join Forces And Target The Wealthy
wo Powerhouse Names In Real Estate Form Largest International Network For Prime and Super-Prime Properties, Release First Co-branded Wealth Report Supplement
09/12/2014
Banks and fund managers prepare assault on UK platform market
Money Marketing understands a number of banks and even fund managers are exploring options to build on their ability to deal direct with investors.
09/12/2014
BNP Paribas merges global equity fund into new strategy
The BNP Paribas L1 Equity World Quality Focus fund, which is Luxembourg-domiciled, was launched on 5 September.
09/12/2014
Fund managers take home gold at annual Sauren awards
Another US-based manager who travelled to Frankfurt especially for the awards ceremony was Eagle Asset Management's Ed Cowart
09/11/2014
Hedge fund boss gives £5 million to build new museum maths gallery
A hedge fund manager who built his business on mathematical reasoning has given the Science Museum an unprecedented £5 million towards building a new maths gallery.
09/11/2014
BNY Mellon backs London to lead European race for offshore RMB
The impact the continued internationalisation of the RMB will have on the global monetary landscape cannot be overstated
09/11/2014
Barnett Waddingham acquires Chase de Vere Sipp and SSAS arm
The firm’s SSAS portfolio now sits at 2,500 schemes with around £4bn assets.
09/11/2014
Skandia pledges to keep Invesco funds open
Mr Feeney said Skandia “had listened to financial advisers” who had told Skandia they wanted to remain invested in the Invesco Perpetual funds and asked that the funds remain open.
09/11/2014
ICE to buy stake in Holland Clearing House
Intercontinental Exchange to acquire majority stake in Holland Clearing House. ABN Amro Clearing to retain minority interest.
09/10/2014
High Net Worth: Getting what you pay for?
Matt Schofield, head of Zurich Private Clients, told Post the reason for introducing this new product came from a realisation of the need to cater for different types of HNW individuals.
09/10/2014
Standard Life to close employee DB scheme
The firm’s DB scheme has been closed to new members since November 2004, and in January 2008 it was changed to a ‘revalued career average salary basis.
09/09/2014
BNP Paribas Securities Services chosen for eDreams ODIGEO IPO
BNP Paribas Securities Services says it has handled the securities mechanisms of the eDreams ODIGEO initial public offering (IPO) on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock markets back in April this year.
09/09/2014
Pantheon Unseats Partners Group in Investor Rankings
The firm is also a first-mover in efforts to lower the barriers of entry to the asset class. In May, it launched a feeder fund to give wealthy individuals access to its investments without the need to write institutional-size checks.
09/09/2014
UK funds add 500 bln pounds to manage 5 trln in 2013- trade body
The IMA said most UK asset management activity was concentrated on London, but 11 percent, or nearly 560 billion pounds in total assets, were managed in Scotland.
09/09/2014
South Africa's Investec to sell UK mortgage unit Kensington for $290 mln
The sale of Kensington, which follows that of Investec's struggling Australian professional finance and leasing arm in April, does not include the Irish operations
09/09/2014
CBPE Capital signs for eFront Investment Café
This will enable CBPE to enhance the quality and efficiency of its communications with its investors.
09/08/2014
Hungary Ready to Use Forex Reserves to Convert Forex Mortgages
Hungary’s central bank is ready to use part of the country’s foreign-currency reserves to help the government rid households of their costly foreign-currency mortgages
09/08/2014
Platforms: Emotional finance and the fund manager focus
Fund selectors’ responses suggest that emotion plays a bigger role in their work than they might admit