08/28/2013
Middle East Investors Drive European Real Esate Market
Capital from the Middle East is generally institutional in nature, with nearly half of the total coming from the region’s sovereign wealth funds.
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08/28/2013
Italy's financial adviser networks post €1.3bn in July - Assoreti
Italian networks of financial advisers have posted lower inflows in July compared with the previous month
08/27/2013
Investec: Shop Around for Bond Alternatives
Investec Bank’s Harris Gorre says bond investors should shop around like mortgage buyers as the end of QE looms.
08/27/2013
IFG Group sees pre-tax profits rise 13% in first half of year
IFG Group has reported a pre-tax profit of £2.56 million for the first six months of the year, a 13% increase on the same period of 2012.
08/26/2013
Zurich insurance’s finance chief found dead
The Swiss insurer said that police were investigating the circumstances of Wauthier’s death
08/26/2013
PAIFs the Way for Standard Life Investment​
“In an environment of low growth and low yields, this is a particularly relevant time to provide long-term investors with the opportunity to access a more tax-efficient, diversified source of income through investment in real estate.”
08/24/2013
Angels spread wings
The fund manager once known as the City’s “superwoman” has struck a deal to create a super-sized business angel network.
08/21/2013
Lloyds takes £330m loss on German insurer sale
Lloyds has made a loss of more than £300m on the sale of its German insurance business after selling the unit for less than half the amount the lender had hoped to get for its just two years ago.
08/21/2013
Blackstone to sell London office stake to GIC - report
Blackstone bought the stake with 77 million pounds of equity in 2009 from British Land
08/21/2013
Ignis reveals new funds as inflows hit £0.9bn
Ignis Asset Management revealed two new funds set to be launched later this year as it announced inflows of £0.9bn into its funds in the first half of 2013.
08/20/2013
AFH Financial raises £2.8m to fund acquisition strategy
Since AFH's June 2011 flotation the company has completed 14 acquisitions and adviser numbers have grown from 53 to 120. The company paid a maiden dividend in May 2013 and remains debt free.
08/20/2013
Revealed: The Best All-Round Fund Supermarkets
Bestinvest is Britain's top investment "platform" or online shop for shares and funds according to authoritative research conducted by a specialist consultancy,
08/19/2013
Neptune Income Fund removal from Wealth 150
Our analysis suggests that the manager's stock selection has been the main reason for the disappointing performance.
08/18/2013
Gold flows from Britain to Switzerland surge in H1-Macquarie
The UK exported 240 tonnes of gold to Switzerland in May alone, while its exports over the first half of this year totalled 797 tonnes, Macquarie said in a note.
08/16/2013
Hedge fund linked to RBS collapse backs bid for branches
W&G Investments is one of three bidders trying to buy the unit alongside consortiums led by AnaCap and Corsair Capital which will control 5pc of the SME market and have 2m retail customers.
08/16/2013
Lloyds to sell insurer at cut-price
The likely sale price is less than half the price Lloyds had originally been hoping to achieve.
08/15/2013
Catley Lakeman launches fund of structured products
It is managed by Catley Lakeman’s asset management subsidiary Atlantic House Fund Management, which received Financial Conduct Authority permission to trade last month,
08/15/2013
Italy's Mediobanca hires manager for new platform
The project was announced earlier in June by CEO Alberto Nagel.
08/15/2013
Change afoot at fund manager F&C
Sherborne Investors said it would distribute its stake in F&C.
08/14/2013
ING IM Renta Fund Global High Yield hits €3 billion in AUM
ING IM expects the asset class to post a positive total return in the range of 5.5 to 6% over the next 12 months.