09/05/2018
Investors offered tool to measure climate risk
Principles for Responsible Investment has announced the launch of a new investor tool that analyses the climate risk of equity and fixed income assets in a portfolio.
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09/05/2018
Norway's $1 trillion fund to beef up scrutiny on sustainability, ocean pollution
But as a global investor the fund wants to avoid investments in one sector to negatively impact another, so-called externalities, which would hurt the overall value of its portfolio.
09/04/2018
BNY Mellon launches global infrastructure fund for UK investors
The fund - which will be managed by Jim Lydotes and Brock Campbell at The Boston Company
09/04/2018
Backers of seven unicorns create investment boutique
Backers of some of Britain’s most successful technology and e-commerce businesses, including seven companies valued at over £1 billion, are to offer their expertise through a new investment boutique.
09/03/2018
Indian bank quits Antwerp diamond hub in blow for gem financing
Diamond financing is facing a crisis as bad loans and high-risk bets come back to haunt the industry.
09/03/2018
Global funds raise stock allocations to four-month high
Unsurprisingly, investors raised their equity allocation to 48.3 per cent, the highest level since April. They cut bonds to 38.8 per cent and cash to 5.2 per cent.
09/03/2018
Avignon and Cedrus acquire creative campus building in Amsterdam
The firm has identified the Netherlands as a focus area within its European investment strategy, where it sees multiple real estate investment opportunities across a variety of sectors.
09/03/2018
Former KKR executive to launch infrastructure fund
It will target returns in low to mid teens in fast-growing asset class
09/03/2018
Guernsey Green Funds – an environmentally friendly wrapper
It is intended that investment managers and investors will see the Guernsey Green Fund designation as a valuable green assurance mark
08/31/2018
Markel CATCo CEO Belisle, Directors acquire more London fund shares
Belisle then followed that up with another acquisition of a further 1,000,000 Ordinary shares in the fund, taking the total purchased at the time to 2 million in that share class, alongside 500,000 C Shares purchased.
08/31/2018
Invesco says price not right for Ashley's Debenhams bid
Sports Direct has taken a £85 million hit on its investment in Debenhams, as its price tumbled almost 70% from 40p a year ago.
08/30/2018
Janus Henderson to scrap misfiring world equity fund
The move will see the fund formally merged away on 20 September, with existing Global Equity managers Ian Warmerdam and Ronan Kelleher remaining in place.
08/30/2018
Generali Said in Talks to Buy French Asset Manager Sycomore
Transaction may value Sycomore at more than 200 million euros
08/30/2018
Hargreaves targets adviser clients for platform growth
"A significant amount of this investment pool will have been initially advised upon, maybe many years ago, but now receives no ongoing advice and little support.
08/29/2018
UK launches ambition to generate billions more investment in Africa to trigger transformational growth
The City of London manages over £8 trillion of assets but at the moment only around 1% of those assets are invested in Africa
08/28/2018
CEE sees record private equity investment in 2017
Polish companies were the big draw, receiving 71% of the total amount, followed by firms in Romania, Hungary and Latvia.
08/28/2018
CBRE Global Investors acquires Hanseviertel in Hamburg
The 1.5 ha plot includes several historic buildings and postmodern structures developed by Allianz Real Estate
08/27/2018
The time is RIPE for SMARTER Beta
Designed to provide investors access to a more sophisticated smart beta approach, the indices employ active measures to enhance differentiation and risk-adjusted excess returns.
08/23/2018
Isle of Man moves to close pension funding gap
The crown dependency proposed to deal with the problem in a number of ways, including introducing a voluntary defined contribution scheme for public servants, capping pensionable salary and moving to a career average pension scheme design.
08/23/2018
Italy said to weigh state lender role in Autostrade takeover
Autostrade is the largest toll-road operator in Italy, controlling about half the market