06/03/2014

Singapore-based Irish property firm raises €17.5m

Irish-owned Singapore property investment company Fine Grain Property has just racked up a war chest of 30 million Singapore dollars in a fundraising round, and the first stage of investment will be to build a 300-room Premier Inn hotel in the city state.

06/02/2014

New-look Aviva eyes product launches

Aviva Investors is planning launches in residential property, multi-asset fixed income and emerging market debt as it refocuses its business.

06/02/2014

Pictet launches short-duration EMD fund

‘This new fund aims to offer investors stable income generation and lower volatility compared to longer-term emerging market corporate debt,’ commented Defise.

05/30/2014

Baillie benefits from long-term approach

The decade of success at Edinburgh investment house Baillie Gifford has arguably been down to its partnership structure and lack of short-term commercial pressures.

05/29/2014

Man Group in talks to acquire Numeric Investors

Man Group, the British hedge fund manager, is in talks to buy Numeric Investors, a rival Boston-based fund management group, as it seeks to put to work a near $1bn cash pile.