03/23/2016
Generali looking to sell real estate assets
The paper said the transaction, dubbed "Stardust", would be completed before the end of the year
Alternative Investments
03/22/2016
Syndicate of HNW private investors raise funds to support the rapid development of on-line cycling specialist
Saddles up with Growth Capital from Investor Club
03/22/2016
LME deploys Shield repository to support Belt and Road initiative
This alliance focuses on the use of LMEshield in Belt and Road jurisdictions
03/22/2016
Funding Circle Gears Up For Fresh Investment
The firm said it looked to raise more than $200 million from the initiative.
03/21/2016
ECB’s bond buy plan promises pain for FICC trading
The ECB’s QE programme – which has already taken a significant chunk of the region’s government-debt market off the table – now promises to do the same to the corporate bond market too.
03/21/2016
Danske Bank Sells Headquarters for $212MN to Standard Life
The complex comprises a total of 14 buildings and the bank has earlier sold and leased back other buildings.
03/21/2016
China Post acquires Royal Bank of Scotland’s ETF business
The terms of the deal were not disclosed but the purchase was carried out by China Post Global, the group’s international fund arm, which was set up in Hong Kong last year.
03/21/2016
Dexion Capital Changes Its Name To Fidante
Fidante Partners provides access to high quality products across a variety of strategies.
03/21/2016
Cinven eyes struggling German life insurance market
Guaranteed returns are part of the investment culture in Germany, but many insurers have found that their promises have been overgenerous.
03/21/2016
Standard Life to acquire advice business for Scottish expansion
Chair of the company Stephen Munro and managing director David Hughes will remain with the business.
03/21/2016
Government to require disclosure of the ultimate owners of UK property
The Government is of course right to crack down on tax evasion and money laundering.
03/21/2016
Saga Investment Services turns to Pershing for wrap
The appointment, designed to support the increasing demand for retirement solutions, will see Pershing also provide its’ own execution-only Sipp and investment account and Isa wrappers.
03/18/2016
Greenman raises €31m for German investment
Greenman chief says group on course to expand assets to €500 million this year
03/18/2016
Tritax secures £115m for new property fund
The aim of the Tritax Property Income Fund is to provide a source of stable and regular income, as well as long-term capital growth.
03/18/2016
Nutmeg slashes minimum investment by 50%
The service charges an annual management fee of between 0.95%-0.3% of invested assets including VAT.
03/17/2016
Exchanges shrug off Brexit fears to trade €30bn merger contracts
Nearly 16 years after Deutsche Boerse first tried to take over LSE, the exchanges said last month they were discussing an all-share merger
03/16/2016
Turquoise to launch ETF trading segment
The move comes amid MiFID II regulation, which will see ETFs considered as securities (instead of funds) and therefore be required to demonstrate best execution.
03/16/2016
French Bonds Top Draghi's Corporate Shopping List, ABN Amro Says
More than 250 billion euros of French debt will be available under ABN Amro’s best estimate of which bonds the ECB will buy, Hyung-Ja de Zeeuw, an Amsterdam-based senior fixed-income strategist, wrote in a note Monday.
03/16/2016
Kommuninvest issues largest Nordic green bond to date
Bringing an innovative approach to the market, all projects financed by Kommuninvest’s green bond are vetted by an independent advisory committee.
03/15/2016
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Drops Pimco as External Manager
Others include Black River Asset Management, BTG Pactual Asset Management and BNY Mellon Asset Management.