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Active ETPs see assets double since 2020

November YTD flows surpass all 2020

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.

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.

Transact hits £52bn assets as inflows rise 38%

Revenue for the year was up 15 per cent, to £123.7m.

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.

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

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.

Premier Miton rebrands Ethical fund and updates investment policy

More focus on ESG

Schroders launches two new funds for Global Transformation range

Current system "not sustainable"

Most of VCTs investors are advised

Pembroke VCT investment director Simon Porter confirmed that the majority of the investors at Pembroke VCT are advised.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

UK QAHCs - Asset Holding made simple through Guernsey companies

Separately, the UK is considering the introduction of a corporate re-domiciliation/migration framework to encourage non-UK companies to relocate to the UK and take advantage of its competitive corporate tax system.

HSBC AM combines passive products into one department

$103bn in AUM

Brooklands establishes investment management capabilities in Ireland

Brooklands is authorised by the FCA as a full scope AIFM with MiFID top-up permissions

Aegon UK creates new role to bolster position in the DC market

This role will have a particular focus on supporting Aegon UK to reach its master trust growth ambitions.

Russia's A1 to sell 49% of Russian Standard Bank once legal battle over

Citibank, which acts as trustee for the creditors, filed a lawsuit with a Moscow court against companies that own the bank in September last year.

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