03/06/2012
The Fund will seek a combination of high income with some long-term capital growth, aiming to outperform the FTSE World Europe Index and deliver a healthy yield to investors. Income will be available quarterly.
03/06/2012
Barclays Stockbrokers clients investing in ETFs are making the most of the tax free benefits on offer for their investments.
03/06/2012
The Fund has been designed and created for use by PSigma’s clients and will start with nearly £50m in assets.
03/05/2012
JPMorgan's performance, a threefold leap in revenues, is a huge bounceback for one of the most powerful women on Wall Street.
03/02/2012
HSBC offers rich clients discounted fees for 10 new hedge funds
Private clients provide part of the $38 billion invested by HSBC in alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity and real estate.
03/02/2012
Credit Hedge Funds are NOT Shadow Banks: AIMA
AIMA’s research paper* highlights crucial differences between the key functions of a traditional bank and those of credit hedge funds and other non-bank financial institutions.
03/02/2012
Northern Rock Asset Management: Profits up and taxpayer repaid £2bn
The government has provided a total of £37 billion in loans to Northern Rock since it collapsed in 2007 and the decision was taken to nationalize it in 2008.
03/02/2012
Guinness Asset Management Announces New Fund
Guinness Asset Management has announced that the Guinness EIS Fund 3 is now open for investment. This fund will invest in UK Sustainable Infrastructure companies through the tax-efficient EIS structure.
03/01/2012
Mercer completes acquisition of Pensjon & Finans
Pensjon & Finans has a solid market share in Norway’s institutional market both across the public and private sector. The firm was established in 1997.
03/01/2012
Profit up, income down at Swiss Life
Swiss Life grew in key strategic business areas despite difficult market conditions.
03/01/2012
Gartmore helps to lift Henderson profits
“There is still a lot of nervousness out there... The ability of world growth to get underway is being hampered by the dithering in the Eurozone but the US is starting to develop an improved outlook.
03/01/2012
HSBC near sale of its insurance arm to rivals for £1bn
HSBC is about to complete a £1bn deal to sell its general insurance arm to rivals AXA and QBE, according to reports.
03/01/2012
Man Group Assets Rise in First Two Months
Man Group Thursday said funds under management had increased slightly in the first two months of 2012 to $59.5 billion, and it had seen an improvement in investor sentiment since the end of last year.
03/01/2012
Morningstar crowns best funds of 2011
The Morningstar UK Fund Awards 2012 recognise retail funds and fund houses that added the most value for investors within the context of their relevant peer group in 2011 and over the longer term.
02/29/2012
Royal Bank of Scotland to shut Australia fixed income trading desk
Some of the affected FICC traders would be given a chance to relocate to RBS trading desks in Singapore and London.
02/29/2012
Hedge fund assets may hit $2.1 trillion in 2012: survey
The survey, which covered more than 600 institutional investors representing $1.04 trillion of hedge fund assets, found that investors expect their hedge fund portfolios to return 8.6 percent in 2012, down from 11 percent last year.
02/29/2012
Quintain buys west end property fund manager
It has bought Grafton Advisors for £5.75 million which increases Quintain's assets under management to £2.3 billion.
02/29/2012
Baillie Gifford appoints Kii Hub for KIID solution
Asset managers already using the Kii Hub solution include Aberdeen Asset Management, Jupiter Investment Management Group, Ignis Asset Management, Martin Currie Investment Management and Neptune Investment Management.
02/29/2012
Horlick launches EIS investment business
The business will be managed by Gary Robins, former founder of investor network Hotbed, and Matt Taylor, ex-senior partner at Foresight Group.
02/28/2012
Estate agent Connells invests in fund management group
Connells has backed Hearthstone ahead of the launch of its first PAIF, focused on residential property.