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Barings multi-asset team adds emerging Asia for first time in years

We believe the scale of the credit boom unleashed in China over the past few months is significant and should benefit emerging Asia

Standard Life chief executive cuts own bonus

Standard Life's annual report, published earlier this year, showed Mr Skeoch receiving a salary of £574,000, plus taxable benefits worth £36,000.

ETP providers launch ETF forum in the UK

A group of exchange traded product providers has banded together to launch the ETF Forum, an initiative designed to improve advisers’ understanding of exchange-traded funds.

Robots are advising high-net-worth investors

This is the main finding in the report “Investors’ Attitudes towards Robo-Advisors – Evidence from the US and the UK ” by Swiss research company MyPrivateBanking Research.

L&G fund arm, Nikko Asset Management sign bond fund distribution deal

The first funds are expected to launch in mid-2016, the firms added.

UK's Plus500 Appoints Berenberg Bank as Joint Broker

UK-based Plus500 offers trading in forex, options, contracts for difference (CFDs), commodities, indices, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in more than 50 countries.

Beagles ditches ‘frustrating’ Old Mutual

The manager called Old Mutual a “frustrating investment” due to a combination of management changes and a weak South African rand.

Fears ‘spirit of RDR’ is under threat from insurers

Aviva, Old Mutual Wealth and most recently Standard Life have in the last two years cemented their ownership of every step of the financial services value chain

The fund underdogs who are taking on the big beasts of the investment world’s premier league - Tilney Bestinvest

It’s a quintessentially British trait to love an underdog and in recent days it has been the success of Leicester City Football Club in winning the Premier League

LME Steel Scrap contract sees first voice-brokered trade

Market open Interest has been steadily growing and bid/offer spreads have been as tight as $0.50.

Investec AM heads $670m Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

The private sector has a crucial role to play in unlocking the conditions for the sustainable, long-term development of Africa’s infrastructure.

Global acquires two addition properties in the United Kingdom

The entire property is leased out to the Scottish Ministers on a long term lease, and is fully occupied by three main departments under the Scottish Ministers’

Greece Back on the Radar as Hedge Funds Eye Turnaround

Fears that Greece will tumble out of the euro have receded from a year ago, although Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's promise that Greece's May 1 Orthodox Easter marked the country's "resurrection" was met with derision at home.

German fund manager to launch Big Data hedge fund

More recently, the term has also come to encompass the use of specialised analytical techniques and computing tools to analyse these large and complex data sets.

Closet indexers face new 'name and shame' threat

Investment firms charging fees for the active management of funds that in reality behave more like index trackers are coming under renewed pressure in Europe.

Another bank cuts deep into research as Goldman, Credit Suisse hire

Research exits are understood to include Shailesh Raikundlia, a European banks analyst who previously worked for Berenberg.

The chart that shows how big the pensions deficit at UK firms has grown

According to data from Mercer the gap between FTSE 350 schemes' assets and future liabilities was £92bn at the end of last month

Reliance introduces new UCITS vehicle for UK Discretionary market

The India Equities Portfolio Fund, which has been designed for the broader discretionary fund management community, has a minimum investment of USD 10,000 or the GBP equivalent, and has launched with assets of USD 50m.

People would gladly go banking with Facebook

Crypto-currencies seem particularly strong in Eastern Europe, where 44 per cent of respondents said they use it.

Inside Steve Cohen’s Point72 London operation – meet Will Tovey, its new boss

It’s the sort of set-up that excites Will Tovey, who has just started as head of the London office.

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