03/20/2022
Hedge funds frustrated over lack of clear ESG regulations
The environmental, social and governance industry has grown to about a third of total global assets
Alternative Investments
03/18/2022
The European Investment Fund and Resilience Partners will continue to support growth in SMEs through the launch of Resilience Partners Fund II
Resilience Partners Fund II is backed by the EIF and several institutional and private investors.
03/18/2022
Investors flee from bank sector ETFs following Ukraine invasion
US Treasuries, gold, oil and gas and commodities funds are among those that have attracted the most inflows
03/18/2022
Fidelity's Alex Wright looks for buying opportunities after poor month
Fund down 4.7% in one month
03/17/2022
LV to boost with-profit membership in Q2
Between 2017 and 2020, LV’s with-profit membership base had dropped by more than 40 per cent.
03/17/2022
Perspective snaps up four firms to hit 50th milestone
Over this time, it has made 18 acquisitions, doubled headcount to 280 staff, added £1.2bn Aum and opened seven new local offices, making a total of 21.
03/17/2022
Providers with sub-advised funds explain action on Russia
Follows Quilter Investors move
03/17/2022
Columbia Threadneedle marks landmark step in BMO deal with rebrand
Asset manager to update naming conventions and logo for Emea operations purchased at start of 2021.
03/16/2022
War and inflation – why we recommend sitting tight
Within our Investment Research team, we have debated the possible economic consequences of the conflict in Ukraine and considered how we could position portfolios for them.
03/15/2022
Gresham House buys Irish commercial property manager for £1.5mn
The Burlington Real Estate team will become part of the Gresham House Group.
03/15/2022
Focus on Facilitation & Collaboration for 2022 Industry Update
Guernsey Finance Chief Executive Rupert Pleasant said he was keen for the annual event to take a different direction this year and allow those involved in the industry to see at first-hand how the agency works.
03/15/2022
Link admits wind up of Woodford fund may not complete this year
Link said it will “continue to keep investors updated on the progress of asset sales”.
03/15/2022
Toscafund’s private debt arm prepares impact strategy
The firm has set up the Tosca Debt Capital Impact fund according to Companies House filings.
03/14/2022
Phoenix realises £1.6bn from Standard Life deal
Phoenix bought the Standard Life brand name in May 2021 after it bought Standard Life Aberdeen’s insurance arm in 2018 for £3.28bn.
03/14/2022
Overcoming the top 10 most common protection barriers
Anyone who has not experienced this among their clients need only take a look at the Seven Families project or Protection Guru’s bank of case studies.
03/14/2022
Baillie Gifford suffers worst month on record with £1.2bn outflows
The fund house’s US Growth Trust lost 3 per cent in February, however in the year-to-date to February 28 it lost 25 per cent of its value.
03/11/2022
+Simple Secures €90 Million in Growth Financing Led by KKR and Completes Three European Acquisitions
+Simple, the first brokerage insurtech to digitize and industrialize the entire insurance value chain for self-employed professionals and small businesses, accelerates its development in Europe.
03/11/2022
BBVA formalizes North American Stainless’ first sustainability-linked deposit
Acerinox and BBVA signed the first sustainable loan in the steel industry in Spain in 2020.
03/11/2022
BlackRock waives fees on suspended funds with 'significant' Russian exposure
In light of this the firm has waived its management fees and the fund's annual service charge from 1 March.
03/10/2022
M&G makes PruFund-style proposition available to Italian investors for the first time
Future is a new family of global multi-asset funds delivering ‘smoothed’ outcomes, which is designed to replicate the success of M&G plc’s flagship PruFund range outside the UK.