12/08/2017
Wealth Fund Finally Breaks Into Asia
The properties are located in Shibuya, the affluent area of Minami-Aoyama and the high end retail district of Omotesando.
Alternative Investments
12/07/2017
Natixis and ODDO BHF are considering a long-term partnership
The new team created by ODDO BHF would cover 600 stocks, including 220 in France and 130 in Germany, and thereby cover over 80% of the main benchmark indices in France and Germany.
12/07/2017
Legal & General IM records £38bn 2017 inflow
LGIM also said its US asset management business 'continues to deliver' with over 330 institutional clients and over $170 billion (£127 billion) of assets.
12/07/2017
L&G says on track for record year in 2017
This is seen as an expanding market as many schemes are in deficit and companies want to offload them.
12/06/2017
Slater & Gordon's new hedge fund owner has blunt message
The company had warned it risked insolvency if the recapitalisation was not approved.
12/06/2017
L&G’s revolution will be annuitised
An ambitious plan for its surplus funds could drive the group's bottom line — even if it is not doing so yet
12/06/2017
Millennial workers revealed to be saving the most
The Lifetime Savings Challenge Report 2017, research, which looked at the views of workers in companies with more than 200 employees found that millennials are saving £3,445 per year, or £287 per month on top of pension savings.
12/06/2017
Raisin Tops the 100,000 Customer Mark and Simultaneously Increases Number of Partner Banks to 40+
Since the launch of the German localized platform weltsparen.de just under four years ago, Raisin was able to win customers from a total of 32 countries with 129 different nationalities.
12/06/2017
Legg Mason renames Western Asset Global Blue Chip Bond Fund
Legg Mason has seen increased interest in the strategy due to its stable performance in multiple market environments
12/06/2017
Aberdeen Standard Investments gets green light to launch funds in China
Aberdeen Standard Investments is the latest asset manager to obtain a licence to manage private funds in mainland China.
12/06/2017
L&G sells a million life policies to Swiss Re
The following year Swiss Re bought Barclays’ life business for £753m.
12/06/2017
Four bidders line up for Hermes Investment Management
The fund manager is being advised on the sale by corporate finance boutique Fenchurch Advisory Partners
12/05/2017
ECB QE data offers further incentive to snap-up Italian bonds
France and Italy each enjoyed purchases that were nearly a billion euros above their ‘capital key’ at 10.439 billion euros and 9.077 billion euros.
12/05/2017
Warburg Pincus Announces Sale of INEA to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5
As growth investors, we feel privileged to have supported INEA in building the best quality operator with the best infrastructure in the country.
12/05/2017
Standard Life Private Equity Trust continues to favour Europe
The portfolio is deliberately underweight Southern Europe as these private equity markets have historically underperformed.
12/04/2017
UBS ahead of the pack in 2017 market share race
The real race all year, though, has been for the No.2 spot.
12/04/2017
Catella Residential Investment Management acquires residential project developments in Nuremberg and Stuttgart
The fund is managed by Institutional Investment Partners 2IP. CRIM will be responsible for managing the fund’s residential portfolio, which has been designed for a utility in southern Germany.
12/04/2017
Norway shows how not to run a sovereign wealth fund
No matter how one looks at it, the performance of Norway’s oil fund is mediocre at best.
11/30/2017
Euronext buys Irish Stock Exchange
As part of Euronext, ISE’s growth initiatives will be reinforced with Euronext’s full support.
11/30/2017
Small cap stars rise up the ranks and look to grow capital
The Trust has generated an annualised return of 23.4% over the last five years, with its NAV rising by 183.8% on a total return basis vs a sector average increase of just 78.4%.