10/10/2016
HarbourVest readies new offer for SVG Capital
Boston-based fund says it wants to engage with UK private equity group amid three-way bid battle
Alternative Investments
10/10/2016
The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund just did a major U-turn on Britain's property market
The uncertainty that remains in the UK means that valuations are still proving tricky to undertake for funds.
10/10/2016
Hatton Garden: Behind the scenes of London's declining diamond district
Meanwhile, developers are eyeing the street's prominent Central London position for both offices and luxury flats.
10/10/2016
Entrepreneurial Spark boosts North East startups
The Newcastle Hatchery is part of a network of 13 Hatcheries being created across the UK by Entrepreneurial Spark in conjunction with NatWest, and its partners.
10/10/2016
Knight Frank reports record turnover but profits dive
The company completed its biggest hires, the acquisition of 50 members of Deloitte’s real estate team, in April, and has also taken on a number of senior staff from other agencies.
10/10/2016
CISE goes international by opening up membership
The change is effective from 10 October 2016 and reflects the rules which are already in place for members who trade on the Exchange.
10/10/2016
Troy launches concentrated Global Income fund for Harries
While no formal yield target has been set, the fund is expected to yield approximately 3%.
10/10/2016
Swiss firm swoops on £1bn UK property fund manager
The acquisition of a UK property fund management business has been a key business objective of Swiss Life
10/07/2016
SVG is selling its assets to Goldman now
from a consortium of Goldman Sachs and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board funds
10/07/2016
Asset allocation: time to dump bonds?
With bonds offering ultra-thin yields and behaving more like shares, experts question whether they deserve to be in investors' portfolios.
10/07/2016
SYZ Asset Management makes strategies available on Cofunds
The move re-affirms the business’ commitment to building its presence in the UK and offering its unique expertise to investors.
10/07/2016
Aviva fined $10.5 million by UK FCA over outsourcing
The penalty is the latest for Aviva from the FCA after the insurer was fined £17.6 million in 2015 for failing to manage conflicts of interest among funds in its fixed-income business
10/07/2016
OMGI replaces Rogge on bond fund; management brought in-house
Follows sale of Rogge to Allianz GI
10/06/2016
Standard Life Investments Extends Ryder Cup Deal to Paris 2018
Standard Life Investments, confirmed that it has extended its ground-breaking sponsorship of The Ryder Cup to include the 2018 contest, which will be played at Le Golf National, Paris, France, from September 28-30 2018.
10/06/2016
Hedge funds: Coming up short
Research strongly pointed against the consensus of polls, markets and pundits to the UK voting to leave the EU
10/06/2016
Mark Barnett to hand over Invesco Select investment trust
Mark Barnett is to stand down from the trust after a decade of running its UK equities portfolio
10/06/2016
Catella lead manager in planned capital raising and secondary listing of Baltic Horizon
In connection with the capital raising, Catella Bank will once again play a central role.
10/06/2016
Global asset manager Launches EMD Unconstrained SICAV
The investment approach will be highly selective in building a portfolio of best ideas from each segment of the asset class
10/06/2016
Ex-Odey manager launches first fund for boutique firm
The new firms has also made two senior hires.
10/05/2016
Sterling falls below $1.27 for first time since 1985
It seems unlikely that sentiment is changing to the better.