04/15/2018
Hastings chair Hoffman to reveal mutual interest in Coventry
The former Northern Rock chief is in line to become chairman of the UK's second-biggest building society.
Alternative Investments
04/15/2018
Investors 'to profit from Sky battle' says hedge fund manager Crispin Odey
Odey, the boss of hedge fund Odey Asset Management, said the development is ‘very good news for shareholders’ because it has brought to light how many firms could be interested in Sky.
04/15/2018
Hedge fund Elliott adds to calls for Whitbread to spin off Costa
The feared American activist is thought to hold the view that as much as £3bn of value could be created by splitting the coffee shop chain from Whitbread’s Premier Inn budget hotel arm, The Sunday Times reported.
04/14/2018
Start-up hedge fund Heijin Capital has big ambitions - but its partners are still at school
The fund called 'Heijin' is named after the Mandarin for ‘black gold’ Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-5616401/Would-invest-hedge-fund-partners-school.html#ixzz5CljbDUCM Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | Dai
04/13/2018
Parmenion and Sanlam launch onshore bond
Discretionary fund manager and platform provider Parmenion has partnered with Sanlam to launch an open-architecture onshore bond.
04/13/2018
Federated Investors takes majority stake in fund manager Hermes
Hermes will remain headquartered in London as a subsidiary of Federated.
04/12/2018
JOHCM unveils first multi-asset fund with income bias
‘Logical extension’ of firm’s long-only equity range
04/12/2018
New $100m insurtech investment fund launches
It will be one of the first global, independent insurtech investment funds targeting early and growth stage investments.
04/12/2018
‘50 cent’ insurance buyer predicts further market turmoil
London-based fund manager Ruffer says assets are riskier than they look
04/12/2018
US firm Quadrant targets €1bn of Irish property lending
Company expects Brexit to boost demand for Irish office space in the coming years
04/12/2018
Geneva adviser FFG launches first fund
De Marignac’s aim is to outperform the MSCI World index over a full economic cycle by targeting companies generating a surplus cash flow on a sustainable basis.
04/12/2018
BT Pension Scheme to sell majority stake in Hermes in £410m deal
Federated Investors to buy 60% of UK fund manager, with management team owning 10%
04/12/2018
Latest U.K. CMA paper raises concerns over abilities to switch consultants, OCIOs
The CMA said its analysis of the switching process in fiduciary management "indicates that the time and costs involved … can be considerable."
04/12/2018
HSBC Alternative Investments appoints State Street to provide back and middle office services
There are 325 Reserved Alternative Investment Fund’s registered in Luxembourg, and at State Street we service many of them.
04/11/2018
Royal return for Standard Life Aberdeen as princess opens new HQ
The visit came 21 years after the Princess opened Standard Life’s previous headquarters in the city.
04/11/2018
Bupa Global ‘partners’ with Mercer to offer ‘health scorecard’
It has even been associated with improved company stock value performance, based on the US data since its creation in 2006, Bupa says.
04/11/2018
Fidelity launches six low cost index funds
The low cost fees starting at 0.06% for the S&P 500 fund and reaching 0.20% for the MSCI Emerging Markets fund.
04/11/2018
Hastings Funds Management changes name to Vantage Infrastructure
Vantage will operate as an independent global debt and equity infrastructure investment firm.
04/11/2018
Columbia Threadneedle unveils global absolute return strategy
The company said the launch of this product was timely given the current economic and credit cycles.
04/11/2018
Quarter of UK SMEs going global for growth
Many UK SMEs are also ‘exporting domestically’, within the UK but beyond their local area or town.