03/08/2012
Barclays joins JPMorgan in top ranks on commodities desk
JPMorgan’s global commodities business, led by Blythe Masters in New York, and the Barclays’s unit run by Roger Jones in London, have been expanding through acquisitions and hiring.
Alternative Investments
03/08/2012
Amundi Real Estate acquires stake in 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf
Spread over 15 floors, the total surface area is 50,000 square metres and includes 92 parking lots. The building was designed by Marshall Strabala, an Associate Partner in charge of design at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
03/08/2012
Europe's largest bank opens first Sydney office
EUROPE'S largest bank as opened its first branch in Australia as it tries to boost its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
03/08/2012
UBS launches ‘twin–engine’ Asian HY fund
The Luxembourg-domiciled UBS Asian High Yield fund’s ‘twin-engine’ strategy will focus on Asian high yield corporate bonds and Asian currencies.
03/07/2012
The Local Shopping Reit and Schroders launch local retail fund
Structured with a Jersey PUT feeder, the Fund will be ungeared and will have an income based focus. LSR will have a strong alignment of interest through a 5 million British Pounds co-investment and a performance related fee basis in addition to base manag
03/06/2012
Northern Trust: 1 in 3 has 40% of stocks, bonds in passive strategies
A Northern Trust survey of 121 institutions, predominantly pension funds, in Europe, Asia and North America, forms the basis of the white paper entitled, Customized Beta: Changing Perspectives on Passive Investing.
03/06/2012
Aberdeen takes over Credit Suisse Brazilian funds
Management of the funds will be taken over by Aberdeen on April 2, with the bond fund going to Brett Diment’s emerging market debt team and the equity fund going to Devan Kaloo’s emerging equity team.
03/06/2012
Cazenove unveils European income fund for Rice
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
Investors stuff Isas and Sipps full of ETFs
Barclays Stockbrokers clients investing in ETFs are making the most of the tax free benefits on offer for their investments.
03/06/2012
PSigma and TwentyFour target 7% yield via bond fund
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 British commodities chief notches up $2.8bn
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.