02/27/2018
Aegon to launch multi-manager investment company
New business to launch later this year amid shake-up of senior roles
Alternative Investments
02/26/2018
Axa IM goes for growth after rebuffing takeover bids
Andrea Rossi says investment manager has global ambitions in alternatives and real assets
02/26/2018
Catella and Kriton establish asset management company
The aim is to leverage the long-term earnings potential of properties located in Germany’s high-growth regions through active asset management and to unlock this potential for investors.
02/26/2018
Scottish Widows sticks with Standard Life Aberdeen for retirement funds launch
This month, Scottish Widows’ parent Lloyds Banking Group decided to terminate investment management arrangements with Standard Life Aberdeen on £109bn of assets.
02/26/2018
Five ex-Credit Suisse equity derivatives MDs founded a new hedge fund
Laer spent 14 and a half years at Credit Suisse and previously worked for Commerzbank.
02/26/2018
Zurich Insurance to acquire QBE’s Latin American operations for $409m
The acquired business had gross written premiums of $790m last year, with Argentina representing about 50% and the rest coming from Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia.
02/26/2018
Dutch bank NIBC to seek Amsterdam IPO - company
NIBC reported profit of 213 million euros for 2017, with an underlying return on equity of 8.9 percent.
02/25/2018
BNP Paribas Opens Fintech Investment Fund
At BNP Paribas, we’re firmly convinced that Open Innovation is a powerful driver for the transformation that will help to build the bank of tomorrow and enable us to continue to provide our clients with high value-added products and services.
02/25/2018
London Stock Exchange to see profits rise in spite of leadership battle
The FTSE 100 firm is without a permanent chief executive after Xavier Rolet was forced to resign by the chairman in November, but revenues are still expected to rise to £1.85bn.
02/23/2018
Norway's sovereign wealth fund buys 245 million pounds stake in UK's Shaftesbury
Norges, Shaftesbury’s second biggest shareholder also owns half of the Crown Estate, a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the Queen.
02/23/2018
Zombie life insurer Phoenix to buy Standard Life Aberdeen insurance arm
The unit being sold, Standard Life Assurance Limited, is one of Britain's oldest life and pensions companies and will see Phoenix almost double in size to 10.5m policyholders once the deal completes.
02/23/2018
AXA UK & Ireland secures growth and improving profitability in 2017
Strategy of moving from payer to partner delivers consistent growth and profitability despite volatile market.
02/23/2018
Wigan Acquisitions reaches €135m with acquisition of Budapest office
The central business district of Budapest currently has a high demand from tenants as reflected in the historically low vacancy level compared to other periphery districts.
02/23/2018
Ex-Barclays banker sets up alternatives platform
The company was launched by CEO Hemal Mehta, formerly an M&A investment banker at Barclays Capital, and COO Mark Evans.
02/22/2018
Hansard half-year results show reduced profits yet wider expansion
All figures refer to the six months ended 31 December 2017, except where indicated.
02/20/2018
Knight Frank IM surpasses £2 billion AUM milestone
Notably the diversity of our client base does, we believe, give us a strong platform for the future,” said Kevin Aitchison, CEO of KFIM.
02/20/2018
European pension funds target Dutch ground leases
According to Tido van Wieringen, chief business development officer at DNGB, Dutch pension funds have shown an interest, but first want to see whether the concept catches on.
02/20/2018
AJ Bell launches six-strong active fund model portfolio range
The new active range will contain six portfolios which are benchmarked against risk profiles 3 – 8 in Distribution Technology’s Dynamic Planner risk ratings.
02/20/2018
Investing based on geography is dated approach and ignores multi-year drivers of growth
A portfolio of stocks invested across some of today’s big themes – robotics, automation and artificial intelligence included – is likely to deliver a return which is greater and more durable than funds investing in the developed markets.
02/19/2018
UK business presence will expand in Armenia
Mr. Pritchard, this is already your 4th visit to Armenia since September 2017. How would you assess the level of Armenia-UK trade relations nowadays?