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Giant funds vie for £5.5bn chunk of taxpayer-owned bank loans

Cerberus, M&G Prudential, Och-Ziff and Pimco are trying to buy the portfolio of taxpayer-owned mortgages, Sky News learns.

Hedge funds outperform stocks and bonds on risk-adjusted basis

Risk-adjusted returns, represented by the Sharpe ratio, reflect the volatility of the returns as well as the returns themselves.

Market Insight 2018

We are proud that 2018 marks 35 years of BPL Global.

£2m buy-out at risk management firm

The deal gives control of the business to a long-serving management team led by Andy Morley and Ian Laycock.

Utilico to redomicile to UK from Bermuda

The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and has a market capitalisation of £461 million ($642 million), with assets of £570 million ($788 million).

JTC eyes 320 mln-pound London IPO

Jersey-based JTC, which has buy-out house CBPE Capital as a minority investor, is working with stockbrokers Zeus and Numis to advise it on an initial public offering (IPO), the sources said.

Aviva chief Briggs apologises for platform's rocky relaunch

Aviva is just the latest platform to be tripped up by moving assets from one technology to another.

BlackRock to launch Warren Buffett-style fund

The global head of active equities at the firm Mark Wiseman, who is also chairman of BlackRock Alternative Investors, is set to take charge of the new strategy.

Holborn Assets adds Cyprus office

Holborn Assets is expanding with a new office in Paphos, Cyprus.

Sovereign wealth funds quadruple investment in student housing

Bets made on growing wealthy middle classes sending their children to study abroad

Chinese conglomerate moves on Guernsey and London fund houses

A Chinese conglomerate with ambitions in the west has acquired a London-based asset manager and its Guernsey-based subsidiary.

China giant Zhong Ze in talks to buy Goodbody

Projected €100m deal for broker could be finalised within next four weeks

New-build luxury London homes could outlast existing properties on the market

The CLPPI also predicts that luxury property prices in London are likely to stagnate for the next two years but rise quickly from 2020 as the housing market recovers.

World's Biggest Wealth Fund Eyes Long Game in Japanese Property

Since it began investing in property in 2010, the Oslo-based fund has accumulated at least 200 billion krone

Evli Fund Management Company establishes a new fund investing in care facilities

The first closing of the fund was made with equity of approximately EUR 70 million.

Brighter attitude to emerging markets still driving Ashmore inflows

‘We expect another good year of performance,’ says CEO

European asset management hits new records in 2017

European-domiciled open-ended funds had €8.9trn of AUM at the end of 2017, up from €7.96trn a year before.

Macquarie buys €7bn property fund manager

Deal will boost Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets' real estate portfolio to almost €11bn

RL360 Refreshes its brand

At the same time, the name of the Isle of Man head office is to change from RL360 House to International House

Schroders is first asset manager to sign up to PTL’s Clear Funds service

PTL, the leading independent trustee and governance services provider, today announced that Schroders is the first asset manager to sign up to independent trustee and governance service provider PTL’s Clear Funds solution, a transaction cost assessm

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