03/15/2016
Royal London enters multi-asset battlefield with sextuple launch
The portfolios which range from Conservative to Dynamic risk spectrums, aim to deliver a positive return in the medium to long term through a broad diversification.
Alternative Investments
03/14/2016
No one likes us, we do care: hedge funds bury the ‘myths’
Jack Inglis, head of the industry’s trade body, asked the public why its image is so bad. The replies made unpleasant reading, but at least he could answer the charges
03/14/2016
Dublin loses allure for some insurers
In a survey last October, London-based accounting firm Grant Thornton Singapore Pte. Ltd. said 20% of insurers and reinsurers reported that their board was reviewing the location of their domicile.
03/14/2016
Ashburton Investments brings four funds to the UK
Managed by AAA-rated Jonathan Schiessl, and Simon Finch, the fund invests across all market caps
03/14/2016
Prime Provides Update on Growing Real Estate Operations and Strengthened Financial Position
Prime Acquisition Corp. is a Cayman Islands company that owns and operates office, commercial and industrial properties in Italy. Prime is focused on building a portfolio of high yield-producing assets.
03/11/2016
Old Mutual to split into four businesses
The process should be completed by the end of 2018, the group said on Friday, as it sketched out the details of a keenly-anticipated strategic review.
03/11/2016
BPM board member says still working on Banco Popolare merger
The chief executives of the two banks met with ECB officials in Frankfurt on Wednesday and BPM CEO Giuseppe Castagna on Thursday informed a management board meeting about progress.
03/11/2016
Friends buy boosts Aviva's profits to £1.4bn
The life business took a higher margin on the pension business and bulk annuity deals it wrote in 2015, pushing the value of its new business up from £473 million to £609 million.
03/11/2016
CMC Markets Appoints Goldman Sachs, RBC Capital Markets as Joint Corporate Brokers
CMC Markets offers forex trading in more than 330 currency pairs and CFDs on oil, copper and agricultural products. It is regulated by UK’s financial watchdog FCA.
03/11/2016
Bosnian bourse set to launch Islamic share index
SASE, based in Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation, is one of two bourses in Bosnia and has 400 companies listed.
03/10/2016
Copia launches first ETF led Smart Beta portfolio proposition to the UK Adviser market
DWA implements this rules-based methodology to select the asset classes with the best relative strength.
03/10/2016
Aviva backs revamped Sesame
This came as a result of an internal review, carried out by John Cowan, executive chairman of Sesame Bankhall Group.
03/10/2016
FTSE Russell signs collaboration agreement with Trendrating
The agreement will see Trendrating work with FTSE Russell to develop new innovative momentum indexes.
03/10/2016
Morningstar crowns EI Sturdza Strategic Europe Value Fund the best European equity fund in Switzerland
The Fund received the top award for risk-adjusted outperformance over five years, beating more than 1,000 of its Swiss fund peers.
03/10/2016
ABN AMRO Clearing To Consolidate UK Equity Clearing With EuroCCP
ABN AMRO Clearing will direct all trades in UK stock to EuroCCP to maximise cross-platform netting.
03/09/2016
Are investors finally quitting overpriced underperforming hedge funds?
Deutsche Bank research shows that 71% of pension funds now employ a consultant versus just 15% in 2010.
03/09/2016
AIMA launches hedge fund director DDQs
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has launched a set of Due Diligence Questionnaires (DDQs) for hedge fund directors.
03/09/2016
Norway Wealth Fund Isn't Joining Global Stock Selloff, CEO Says
The comments follow evidence that wealth funds across the Middle East and central Asia have sold assets to plug deficits amid plunging oil prices.
03/09/2016
Hungary Central Bank to Revamp Bourse After Purchase
Stock exchange to play more central role in corporate financing
03/09/2016
FirstRand looks to UK expansion as African market starts to slow
The plan comes as growth in the South African economy — its largest market — slows and amid fears of a sovereign credit downgrade to junk.