12/22/2016
Opportunity fund co-invests with Italian REIT in Milan
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund participated in the listing of Coima Res, Italy’s first new REIT (or SIIQ), earlier this year.
Alternative Investments
12/21/2016
London Stock Exchange in talks to sell French clearing house to Euronext
The LSE announced plans to merge with Deutsche Boerse in March
12/21/2016
First Sovereign Joins Luxembourg Green Exchange
LuxSE is one of the biggest stock exchanges for international bonds in Europe
12/21/2016
Fortress Investment to Acquire Italian NPLs from UniCredit
Fortress Investment started investing in Italian loans and loan servicing since 2000
12/20/2016
New Flexible Real Estate Investment Vehicle in Belgium
A new and interesting opportunity for Belgian and foreign fund managers and investors to structure their real estate investments was recently launched, which offers both a flexible regulatory framework for real estate investments and an attractive tax re
12/19/2016
Lloyd’s insurance market to set up European base post-Brexit with Malta in the running
Malta has been trying to entice London insurers to set up there post-Brexit
12/19/2016
Allianz said to consider bid for Generali’s French business
Allianz executives are uncertain whether a combination with the French insurance business would be approved by regulators
12/19/2016
Hedge fund lobby groups outline Brexit wishlist
Access to EU investors and workers top their demands
12/19/2016
Worst year for UK asset management since 2007
Just 21% of fund houses beat the market in the 11 months to the end of November
12/19/2016
European funds slash emerging markets
The US two-year Treasury note yields have risen to 6-1/2 year highs and US benchmark 10-year Treasury yields have hit their highest since December 2015 as investors dumped US government bonds, fearing inflationary policies will undermine their value.
12/19/2016
Insurers face scarce infrastructure investment opportunities in search for yield
The survey identified a serious lack of pipelines of suitable projects in which insurers can invest.
12/16/2016
Aima And KPMG On Managed Accounts
A managed account is an investment account that is not commingled
12/16/2016
Investor Royal London asks Sky committee for more information
Royal London has a 0.36 percent stake in Sky
12/16/2016
Read Cased Hole snapped up by new investor
The deal marks a rare foray into the UK market for Norvestor,
12/15/2016
AlliedCrowds Prepares for P2P Platform AlliedExchange Launch
The platform will have the ability to transact trades and manage accounts
12/15/2016
Liontrust to purchase Alliance Trust funds division
Alliance Trust's investment portfolio will move from a target return of MSCI World
12/15/2016
UK infrastructure set for £1.3bn pension fund boost
Consolidation of schemes would bring down fees and create the scale needed to invest
12/15/2016
Aviva Investors launches multi-strategy fixed income fund
The launch of AIMS Fixed Income reflects a natural evolution of the range and offers investors liquid and cost-effective access to the full fixed income universe in one strategy.
12/15/2016
More insurers considering move to Ireland, central bank says
Insurers are reliant on so-called passporting rights to sell insurance policies throughout the EU and several have said they will need to set up EU subsidiaries if Britain loses access to the bloc's single market.
12/15/2016
Objectway inks deal with JNFM
JNFM will benefit from interactive collaboration tools such as chat, video call and screen-sharing.