04/18/2013
Lloyds 'looks to offload SWIP' to raise capital
Though a formal sale process has not begun, Deutsche Bank has reportedly been gauging interest from potential bidders.
Alternative Investments
04/17/2013
De Vere Group moves to jettison De Vere Venues
De Vere Group has hired Lazard to assist in the sale of its De Vere Venues arm
04/16/2013
Iceland-China Ties Are Seen Expanding
The free-trade agreement also opens up new kinds of exports to China
04/16/2013
Saxo Prime launched to prime broke small to medium sized hedge funds
Smaller hedge funds can do everything with us rather than using four or five banks
04/16/2013
Schroders acquires 30% of ILS investment manager Secquaero
Asset management group Schroders is taking its first step into the insurance-linked securities and reinsurance-linked investments space after acquiring 30% of Switzerland based ILS and reinsurance investment manager Secquaero Advisors Limited.
04/15/2013
RWC launches Cayman-based European Focus Fund
The RWC European Focus team is co-managed by Maarten Wildschut and Petteri Soininen and they will follow the same investment process they have used since coming together in 2009.
04/14/2013
UK-based conglomerate to rope in Gulf investors for India projects
“We would like the major Gulf investors, including the sovereign wealth funds to invest with us in large projects where return on investment will be very high,”
04/14/2013
Morningstar has named the ten most popular investment trusts investors paid close attention to during Q1.
Most frequently searched investment trusts
04/14/2013
France plans yuan swap line, report says
France intends to set up a currency-swap line to make Paris a major offshore yuan-trading hub in Europe
04/14/2013
7IM seeds Tobam commodity fund launch
Seven Investment Management has seeded a commodities fund launched by French boutique Tobam
04/14/2013
Standard Life Investments to close six manager of manager funds
Funds were designed for investors looking for exposure
04/14/2013
Amundi launches its first emerging balanced sub-fund
This sub-fund of the Luxembourg SICAV Amundi Funds is UCITS IV-compliant.
04/11/2013
Braemar Estates AUA reaches £1bn
The £1bn property portfolio comprises some of the UK's most iconic residential properties.
04/11/2013
UK Property Developers Woo ME Buyers
New exhibition in Dubai to feature luxury London properties that are not yet marketed even in the UK.
04/11/2013
Hargreaves Lansdown cuts Schroder fund from Wealth 150
They also say the fund has on average, slightly underperformed its benchmark in both rising and falling markets since launch.
04/11/2013
Hargreaves rallies behind new Crispin Odey fund
The firm likes the manager’s high-conviction style, but believes investors will need a very long time horizon if they are interested in backing his new offering.
04/11/2013
Man Group’s capital boosted as regulatory status is changed
The ICAAP submission still remains subject to a review by the FCA which is expected in the third quarter of 2013.
04/11/2013
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for March 2013 measured 1.53%
“April brings higher capital activity volume with redemptions outpacing subscriptions, which is in line with last month’s slightly higher Forward Redemption Indicator,” said Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Tech
04/11/2013
First Trust launches first ETFs in London
This marks the first time First Trust’s highly successful AlphaDEX strategy is available as an investment product outside of the United States.
04/10/2013
Commodity Market Increased Slightly in March Amid Mixed Macroeconomic Indicators
Commodities were slightly higher in March despite uncertainty stemming from the Eurozone.