05/27/2015
Witan and Investec W&I pour millions into new private equity fund
Apax Global Alpha (APAX) will be a Guernsey-based investment company
Alternative Investments
05/27/2015
FPI brand will live on after Aviva merger
Aviva completed the agreed takeover for £5.6bn on 10 April, creating a combined group with a potential 34 million clients before any duplications are removed.
05/26/2015
AXA gives coal industry the €500m cold shoulder
French insurer cuts exposure over environmental concerns
05/26/2015
No More ‘Cherry-picking,’ Says The UK’s Peer-to-Peer Finance Association
Our members are very clear that they don’t want to discriminate between retail and institutional investors…Institutions must be offered the same service as ordinary people.
05/26/2015
LNG Capital launches new share class flagship fund
The new investor is a German private bank focused on fixed income securities.
05/26/2015
Samena Capital buys equity stake in Kleinwort Benson's UK-based unit
The transaction brings together an unparalleled group of high net worth, entrepreneurial shareholders from Europe and across the SAMENA markets with a view to advancing their shared desire for a return to relationship-driven banking and access to differen
05/26/2015
Lloyds to inject £1.2bn into UK companies over next three years
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has pledged to bolster the nation's "forgotten army" of medium-sized businesses
05/26/2015
Demand is growing for real estate ETFs
Can property be a successful passive investment strategy?
05/26/2015
LME to expand access to electronic trading
The London Metal Exchange today launched a month-long consultation on proposals designed to broaden access to its electronic trading platform, LMEselect
05/25/2015
Crowdfunding expands to global and emerging markets
The potential investment gains to be made in emerging economies can be huge
05/25/2015
CIO Insight: Hargreaves Lansdown IT chief on skills, cloud risks and boardroom debates
Bristol-based firm Hargreaves Lansdown was founded in 1981 and has grown into a major financial services firm over the past 34 years
05/24/2015
Crowdfunding expands to global and emerging markets
A new crowdfunding company Emerging Crowd is focusing on such frontier markets to offer UK investors a chance to do so
05/24/2015
Offering UAE investors options beyond London realty
Waiver of Schengen visa will allow Emirati investors easier access into European asset classes
05/24/2015
Crowdfunding Platform Directory
Crowdfunding is the buzz word for alternative business finance and plenty of investors are looking for a piece of the action
05/22/2015
Bite-coin: Making a Meal out of Money by Toby Birch
One of the topics I had previously been researching was the potential for creating our own digital currency, as a hedge against the damaging effects of Sterling’s devaluation, courtesy of Quantitative Easing.
05/21/2015
German boutique launches Asian high dividend fund
This new fund follows the launch of the Assenagon Substanz Europa fund in April 2013
05/21/2015
Activist hedge funds not so good for shareholders
Hedge funds are not wildly popular in Europe.
05/20/2015
Solutions to growing demand for access
To stay ahead of the curve, UMB Fund Services is focused on three areas of technology development
05/20/2015
Top performing MENA fund reopened as Lux vehicle
One of the top-performing Middle East & North African equity funds has switched to a Luxembourg domicile to increase access for European investors
05/20/2015
Bitbond Raises €600,000 to Grow its Global Bitcoin Lending Platform
Global bitcoin lending platform Bitbond today announced an angel funding round of €600,000. The round brings Bitbond's raised capital to a total of €800,000.