02/13/2014
Deutsche Börse takes stake in UK fixed-income platform
Deutsche Börse has invested in a fledgling UK-based fixed-income trading platform, which is aiming to capitalise on tighter regulatory capital rules forcing major dealers to retrench from the bond market.
02/13/2014
IMA to open consultation on cost transparency
The Investment Management Association is preparing to produce a feedback statement after a lengthy consultation on ways to promote transparency in costs, Daniel Godfrey has said.
02/13/2014
Standard Life, L&G stand by hospitality for advisers
The 18-page finalised guidance from the regulator, published last month, questioned whether firms that offer services such as IT or consultancy assistance could be creating commission bias.
02/13/2014
Schroders has redomiciled five Cayman Islands-listed funds into its Luxembourg range and merged three of the products as part of the integration of Cazenove Capital Management.
02/12/2014
Paris-based investment firm La Francaise and Anglo-Italian hedge fund manager TAGES Capital are combining assets to form a European fund of hedge funds joint venture.
02/12/2014
The new vehicle will invest in office, retail, operator properties and special-use assets in north Germany with a focus on Hamburg.
02/12/2014
Asset management arm sees £3.9bn of new money in 2013 while Ascentric platform notes 43 per cent increase in assets.
02/12/2014
NG Group full-year 2013 underlying net profit of EUR 3,255 million, up 22.2% from full-year 2012 2013 net result EUR 3,232 million, or EUR 0.85 per share, including divestments, special items and discontinued operations
02/12/2014
With just five months until the deadline for complying with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), hedge fund administrators are reporting that up to a fifth of fund managers are still not prepared.
02/11/2014
French asset management group La Française has signed a strategic partnership deal with alternatives multi-manager specialist TAGES Capital
02/11/2014
HSBC Global Asset Management has won a mandate to run a frontier markets equity strategy on behalf of the £1.4 billion Cornwall Pension Fund.
02/11/2014
First ETF with an international security settlement structure in continental Europe
02/11/2014
In his new position, He will be responsible for coverage of platforms, intermediaries and advisers.
02/11/2014
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc hired real-estate investment bank Eastdil Secured LLC to advise on a possible sale of Irish assets,
02/11/2014
La Française and Tages Capita have announced the agreement of a strategic partnership.
02/10/2014
Banque de Luxembourg has converted its Asia-focused fund of funds strategy into a direct investment Asia equities fund
02/10/2014
Most hedge funds that bet on broad macroeconomic trends lost money in January, hurt by reversing equity markets and wrong-way currency bets.
02/10/2014
Billionaire activist investor planning assault on UK
They have only declined twice, falling 7pc in value in 1998, and 3pc in the annus horribilis that was 2008.
02/10/2014
“These wealthy people are looking to make a tax efficient gift to their loved ones, but with some strings attached.
02/10/2014
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management is creating a range of low-cost, direct replication db X-trackers ETFs, all of which will come with an all-in fee of 0.09% per annum.