04/27/2012
Webster-Smith, who spoke exclusively with BusinessDay, noted that the LSE currently hosts a lot of Africa-focused companies, including three Nigerian related companies such as Guaranty Trust Bank plc, Diamond Bank plc, and Afren.
04/27/2012
Aberdeeen Asset Management, Kames Capital and Skandia Investment Group are to host a joint roadshow throughout May and June 2012.
04/27/2012
A spokesman for the cooperatively-owned bank said on Friday it was reviewing "strategic options" for fund management arm Robeco, confirming a Dutch media report, but declining to comment on any of the details.
04/27/2012
First-round offers were due by Tuesday, one source said, although none were in a position to comment on a report that the auction for the asset management arm of Franco-Belgian bank Dexia SA could fetch as much as €750 million ($992 million).
04/26/2012
RBC Dexia also took top spot in all three overall (unweighted) regional tables: Best Custodian Overall - EMEA, Best Custodian Overall - Americas, and Best Custodian Overall - Asia Pacific.
04/26/2012
The bourse is considering takeover bids for the 135-year-old exchange after trading volume climbed to a record last year.
04/26/2012
The multi-asset fund is an onshore version of its Jupiter strategic total return Sicav and has an emphasis on capital growth and low volatility.
04/25/2012
The monthly distributions will be approximately uniform, with a potential yield of 5.5%1 or more per annum.
04/25/2012
LCH announced Tuesday, April 24, that it will buy Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s majority stake in IDCG and in return give Nasdaq a stake in LCH. As of November 2010, that stake was roughly 80% of IDCG
04/25/2012
Treasury officials have been working behind the scenes to reach a deal which could see a sizeable chunk of the state-backed bank hived off to sovereign wealth funds.
04/25/2012
The vehicle has delivered a return of 13.4 per cent over the past five years compared with the Russell 1000 Growth index’s 52.9 per cent gain, according to Morningstar.
04/25/2012
The asset manager will target wealth managers, family offices, private banks, IFAs and institutional clients.
04/25/2012
State Street Global Advisors has today launched two currency strategies on Deutsche Bank's dbSelect liquid hedge fund platform.
04/24/2012
The Managed Monthly High Income fund will be available to investors from 21 May.
04/23/2012
THIS is the dramatic moment a Brit multi-millionaire’s Robinson Crusoe-style island retreat went up in smoke.
04/23/2012
The company was created in February 2011 after JC Flowers injected fresh capital into the mutually owned Kent Reliance Building Society, a casualty of the global credit crisis.
04/23/2012
The two businesses complement each other well. Henderson Property possesses a strong international asset management platform, including a dedicated SGR platform in Italy, with significant access to the international investor market.
04/23/2012
The latest board shake-up at Aviva is radical, but not as radical as sacking its entire workforce by email.
04/20/2012
Chief executive Martin Davis says: “Our sustained profitability enables us to make significant investment back into the business ensuring we can continue to deliver the services and support that our clients need in this pivotal year.”
04/20/2012
Total investor capital allocated to hedge funds in the first quarter exceeded $16 billion, HFR said in a statement.