05/29/2017
Legal & General reported to be looking into buying British Steel pension scheme
Tata has been negotiating with unions on a restructuring of the scheme
Alternative Investments
05/29/2017
Blackstone regains crown as world’s largest property manager
Real estate fund manager’s assets grow to €143bn, pushing Brookfield into second spot
05/28/2017
UK press freedom must extend to hedge funds
Miles Johnson wants transparency from an industry ever more reliant on pension schemes
05/27/2017
Norway’s $950 bln wealth fund commissions research on climate change
The studies will be carried out at Columbia University and New York University, it added.
05/26/2017
No bonuses for managers at new-style ethical trust
The People’s Trust, which he said would issue a prospectus in September.
05/25/2017
British fund managers in Brexit Brawl
Success was the necessary ingredient of failure
05/24/2017
Neptune furthers EMS integration partnership with TS
This enables institutional investors to be more effective and targeted when looking to execute large size orders in products such as corporate and emerging market bonds.
05/24/2017
Woodford-backed investment trust in merger after underperformance
The two firms will now work to implement a more flexible investment strategy for the trust, tapping into a wider spectrum of opportunities and allowing more exposure to sterling-denominated assets.
05/24/2017
Premier Asset Management Reports Quintupled Interim Pretax Profit
Premier said it saw total net inflows of GBP311.0 million over the half-year, compared to GBP422.0 million in the same period the prior year.
05/24/2017
STM considers Qrops ‘buying spree’ as European units downsized
In response to changes imposed by the UK budget on the costs of transferring certain pensions to a QROP, management was quick to launch the International SIPP from its UK SIPP business as an alternative product to the Gibraltar or Malta based QROP proposi
05/23/2017
Bridging lender launches new division for big ticket developments
Newly launched lender Elysium Bridging has announced its entry into the London private client market.
05/23/2017
Russia state fund to sign deals worth 100 bln roubles at June forum
Eurasia Drilling is Russia's largest drilling company by metres drilled.
05/22/2017
Church of England fund becomes top world performer
Return on assets of 17.1% boosted by investment in global equities and private equity
05/22/2017
OMGI soft closes UK long/short fund
The Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity fund has had a limited capacity
05/21/2017
Aston Martin said to consider London IPO as soon as 2018
Company waiting to report 2017 financial results before choosing advisers for a formal process, source says
05/20/2017
UK fund houses fear spread of ‘Vanguard effect’
Retail launch of US giant’s cheap passive funds exerts downward pressure on fees
05/20/2017
Lomond Capital’s CEO Stuart Pender
I feel we have now reached that point.
05/18/2017
Schroders launches Conatus long/short equity strategy on GAIA platform
The fund’s strategy is based on the same equity long/short process that Conatus has employed since its inception in 2008.
05/18/2017
PAM becomes a partner in emerging markets equities manager North of South Capital
North of South is a London-based boutique investment management firm specializing in emerging markets equities.
05/18/2017
Theresa May wants to make up for a potentially massive shortfall in UK VC funding
Now that the UK plans to quit the European Union, it isn't clear whether VC firms can rely on EIF funding even in the short term.