05/06/2021
Aviva widens advice offering to investments
Aviva will now provide investment advice on Isas, general investment accounts/open ended investment companies and onshore bonds.
Alternative Investments
05/06/2021
Just Mortgages gives brokers option to work from home
“The pandemic has opened up a lot of eyes to the potential of working from home, and we’re really confident this will help our brokers to continue to deliver exceptional service.
05/06/2021
Morgan Stanley launches Oeic version of top $1.3bn global fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has opened up its Global Insight Strategy, which has topped its US sector over one and three years, to UK investors.
05/05/2021
Schroders surpasses €700 million for European sub-investment grade infrastructure debt fund ahead of €1 billion hard cap fundraising target
Schroders is today announcing that it is has surpassed €700 million in fundraising for the Schroder Euro Enhanced Infrastructure Debt Fund II (Julie II) ahead of its hard cap target of €1 billion.
05/05/2021
New €30 million travel tech fund lands in Dublin
TeamABC looking to back start-ups focused on sustainability and transformation
05/05/2021
French boutique partners with Louvre Endowment Fund
Paris-based group partners with the Louvre Endowment Fund as part of its mission to promote useful finance.
05/05/2021
Reassured launches advice arm
“Having long dominated the non-advised, telephony sector we are now broadening our scope to offer a range of ways to buy cover.
05/04/2021
Successful strategy puts financial services group in a strong position
During the reporting period the firm concluded the acquisition of Forth Associates, and an oversubscribed capital raise of £13m.
05/04/2021
Lombard Odier Investment Managers launches four Target Net Zero strategies
The strategies target a higher level of yield than the investment grade index, utilising insights from LOIM’s credit and sustainable research to understand the credit-worthiness of the underlying issuers to pay back their debt.
05/04/2021
BlueBay launches new public debt Impact-Aligned Bond Fund
Specialist fixed income manager, BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay), has launched a strategy which enables fixed income investors to allocate for positive impact by investing in liquid public debt markets.
05/03/2021
ESG interest drives ETF expansion in Europe
Institutional investors finding opportunities in seeding new launches
05/03/2021
Amundi bets on ETF growth with Lyxor acquisition
Firm to move to second place in Europe behind BlackRock
04/30/2021
What does the road to recovery look like for investors?
Ninety-One’s Clyde Rossouw and Abrie Pretorius, managers of the St. James’s Place Worldwide Income Fund and co-managers of the St. James’s Place Global Quality Fund, discuss the risks and opportunities available across the current global
04/30/2021
Addepar Expands to Europe With New Office in Scotland
Addepar plans to have a physical office in Scotland when it is safe to do so, according to local health guidelines.
04/30/2021
UK financial advisers still shun ETFs, data show
Platform charges and difficulties of buying fractional shares mean index-tracking mutual funds continue to dominate
04/30/2021
BNP Paribas beats quarterly expectations as equity trading rebounds
BNP Paribas said a rebound in equity trading offset a 15.7% drop in fixed income, currencies and commodities trading.
04/28/2021
Vienna Insurance Considers Hungary Joint Venture to Save Aegon Deal
Hungary vetoed planned purchase of Aegon units in region
04/28/2021
UK insurers sign up for flexible-working plan
Industry body unveils campaign to change practices and help more women into senior roles
04/28/2021
UK should 'lead the way' on global ESG standards says UKSIF
The UK sustainable finance sector is prepared to play its part and highlights the unique opportunity the government has to enhance the UK's global leadership on sustainable finance.
04/27/2021
How to diversify your investments when bonds appear not to offer protection
“Many investors might think there isn’t much they can do when bonds fail to offer the diversification they require, an issue that has come to light of late as a result of rising bond yields.