05/27/2014
HedgePo: One year in and nearly 1,000 funds as investors and managers find a new way to build relations
HedgePo acts as a central repository for fund allocators
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05/27/2014
HDFC and Birla Sun Life have entered a non-binding agreement with Aviva Life
Reports said HDFC and Birla Sun Life have entered a non-binding agreement with Aviva Life
05/27/2014
QT Advisors engaged by hedge funds
Recently launched operational solutions firm QT Advisors is helping a number of hedge fund clients prepare for institutional investor-led operational due diligence reviews
05/27/2014
Émergence selects Bluehive Capital for its 5th and last investment
Authorized under the new AIFM Directive, this new fund invests in various Event Driven strategies, including 'Special Situations' and 'M&A situations’.
05/27/2014
Sanditon poised for trust launch after regulatory go-ahead
It also plans to launch two European open-ended funds – a long-short pan-European strategy and a long-only strategy. Ex-Cazenove manager Chris Rice will run the funds.
05/27/2014
SEEDERS' CORNER: Latest developments within the fund seeding space
Northill Capital may invest in another emerging fund manager next year John Little
05/27/2014
Schroders reveals details of £1bn fund overhaul
Schroders’ James Sym is 80 per cent through realigning European Alpha Plus fund
05/27/2014
Lithuanian Finasta Asset Management announces upcoming fund merger
The Fund merger will take effect on 1 July 2014
05/27/2014
Austria sending auditors to check gold held by Bank of England
Fast forward a year and Buba, as the Federal Bank of Germany is sometimes referred to, has only managed to bring home a paltry 37 tonnes of gold.
05/27/2014
Hargreaves secures extra discount on Woodford fund
Hargreaves clients will invest in the Z share class with a 0.65% annual management charge but Woodford Investment Management will pay Hargreaves clients an annual loyalty bonus of 0.05%. The bonus will bring the overall annual fund cost down to 0.60%.
05/27/2014
Woodford finally comes to market
The fund will be available in Isas and has an anticipated yield of 4 per cent
05/27/2014
Hargreaves Lansdown bags Woodford discount
The fund will be available at annual management and ongoing charges of 0.60% versus 0.75% elsewhere.
05/27/2014
ICE Plans Euronext IPO Before Summer After Partial Sale
Euronext, formed from the merger of the Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in 2000, completed its initial share sale in 2001.
05/27/2014
Horse racing industry plans to treble international investment
British Horseracing Authority aims to expand the size of the industry through overseas investment, "sexier" betting and more UK breeding
05/27/2014
New paper urges full transparency from fund managers
A staggered approach could be taken in the lead up to the full disclosure of all transaction costs
05/27/2014
Citi Launches New Futures & Options Trading Suite, Transaction Cost Analysis and Order Monitoring Tools
Citi Investor Services provides fund managers with access to an end-to-end set of flexible investment solutions with leading capabilities in four distinct areas
05/27/2014
World's largest fund governance firm Expands European operations
AIFMD ushers in a broad new set of regulatory and compliance requirements for EU domiciled funds and for non-EU fund managers who wish to access European capital
05/27/2014
Sorrell hedge fund manager to close
One of the three sons of WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell is closing his global macro hedge fund manager, of which Sir Martin was a non-executive director as well as an investor in the fund that the firm managed.
05/26/2014
London’s property boom is losing its fizz
Even the super-rich are baulking at rising prices in the capital and would-be buyers are wary of a rise in interest rates
05/26/2014
GCC investment projects in France double
Saudi Arabia and UAE remain leading sources with 8 projects.