12/21/2021
Schroders adds £7bn Aum with Greencoat Capital acquisition
Greencoat will become part of Schroders’ private markets division - Schroders Capital - and will be known as Schroders Greencoat.
Alternative Investments
12/21/2021
AssetCo and Premier Miton given extension in River & Mercantile takeover talks
Discussions ongoing
12/20/2021
Insurance tech firm to double workforce on back of £6m backing
An insurance technology start-up backed by entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl is looking to double its headcount and expand into the US market on the back of a £6 million funding deal.
12/20/2021
EBRD invests in Alpha Bank’s first synthetic securitisation
The transaction will support Alpha Bank in enhancing its capital resilience by achieving risk-weighted asset relief of around €1.2 billion and will free up lending capacity.
12/20/2021
State Street and LSEG Expand Relationship
As an example of the new collaboration, clients can now access market pricing, symbology, and time series data from Refinitiv in the Charles River Investment Management Solution and the State Street AlphaSM Data Platform to better inform their investment
12/20/2021
Active ETPs see assets double since 2020
November YTD flows surpass all 2020
12/17/2021
Peter Hargreaves' fund house posts 560% profit increase
The firm and the fund were launched after Hargreaves approached Yiu to manage some of his family’s money, and subsequently he helped launch the fund with an initial £25m investment.
12/17/2021
Macquarie invests in Spanish transport infrastructure debt
Macquarie was the sole lender in the €60m of debt financing to the consortium that operates the AG-31 road.
12/16/2021
Transact hits £52bn assets as inflows rise 38%
Revenue for the year was up 15 per cent, to £123.7m.
12/16/2021
Kingstone Debt Advisory and DZ Privatbank launch sustainable real estate debt fund
The fund is registered as an article 8 fund in accordance with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and is the first subfund to the "Kingstone Debt Opportunities SICAV-RAIF" umbrella fund.
12/15/2021
MVI Fund II closes above the target
MVI closes MVI Fund II above the target – ready to create the next generation of market-leading Nordic companies
12/14/2021
Royal London offers talks over potential LV= merger
In the meantime, Royal London emphasised that the discussions will have no impact on day-to-day business, clarifying that there is no certainty that the discussions will result in a transaction.
12/14/2021
Premier Miton rebrands Ethical fund and updates investment policy
More focus on ESG
12/14/2021
Schroders launches two new funds for Global Transformation range
Current system "not sustainable"
12/14/2021
Most of VCTs investors are advised
Pembroke VCT investment director Simon Porter confirmed that the majority of the investors at Pembroke VCT are advised.
12/13/2021
Melanion Capital Launches the world's first ETF UCITS Linked Bitcoin with the Support Societe Generale Securities Services
The UCITS label, the highest European standard in fund regulation, makes distribution to a broad public possible, and the ETF guarantees investors access to an envelope listed on a stock exchange with its very secure operating rules.
12/13/2021
ABN AMRO sells head office
Victory Group will pay EUR 765 million for the Gustav Mahler building, taking into account the favourable lease conditions for the coming years when ABN AMRO will lease back the entire building during the redevelopment of the Foppingadreef offices.
12/13/2021
The EIF backs Opyn's Magellano fund focusing Italian SMEs
This is a pioneering operation because it is led by a fintech company, and the fact that it is supported by the EIF gives us credit in the European financial arena.
12/12/2021
Abrdn's growth and income trust benefits from private market exposure
This is “symptomatic” of the “struggle to generate differentiated performance in listed markets”, they said.
12/10/2021
CASS for insurance: what to expect in 2022
Almost 8 in 10 insurance firms that we surveyed indicated that they are either confident or very confident that their client money processes would stand up to such scrutiny by the FCA.