05/07/2015
Aquila Capital launches ‘world’s first’ European hydropower fund
Alternative asset manager Aquila Capital has launched what it claims is the world’s first dedicated European hydropower fund for institutional investors
Alternative Investments
05/07/2015
Odey hedge fund drops 19% in a month
Odey Asset Management founder Crispin Odey’s flagship hedge fund slumped 19.3 per cent last month
05/07/2015
BlueCrest Macro Fund Posts Its Biggest Gain in Five Years
The slump hurt money managers who had been betting European debt would rise further because of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program.
05/07/2015
Pain is not over for commodities, warns Kames Capital
Investors advised to ‘stand back’ from commodity sector
05/07/2015
Would you give chickpeas an investing chance? Hummus Bros puts itself in the crowfunding Dragon's Den
Hummus Bros has become the latest firm to dip into the ever-growing crowdfunding markets.
05/07/2015
Activist investor Knight Vinke pushes for change at UBS
The hedge fund has been urging the Swiss bank to split its wealth management business from its investment bank because it believes the wealth management business would thrive away from its riskier investment bank.
05/07/2015
Rothschild Rescue Plan Upset by Banker Who Got Him Into Coal
Nathaniel Rothschild’s struggle to salvage what he can from a painful foray into Indonesian coal is being confounded by the banker who introduced him to the business.
05/07/2015
Aviva turnaround on track and ahead of schedule, says chief executive
The chief executive of Aviva said the insurer’s turnaround plan was “on track and ahead of schedule” as it recorded a 14pc rise in the value of new business for the first three months of the year.
05/06/2015
Ivanhoé Cambridge buys UBS London office asset
The real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec said it bought 21 Lombard Street, an office property in the City district of the UK capital, from an undisclosed seller.
05/06/2015
Hargreaves Lansdown surges into fund sales top 10 table
Hargreaves Lansdown has surged up the fund sales chart on the back of its double multi-manager launch
05/06/2015
Credit boutique merges with trading firm for new bonds business
Fixed income specialist ACPI Investments has struck a partnership deal with financial services firm Shard Capital Partners to form a new combined asset management company
05/05/2015
Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund relaunches with €1bn investment
Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund is set to re-emerge as a significant investor in the country’s recovering economy
05/05/2015
Kildare sells second Le Méridien in biggest Frankfurt hotel deal of 2015
Kildare Partners has disposed of the second of two Le Méridien hotels it acquired as distressed assets from Deutsche Bank a year ago
05/05/2015
Global alternative asset manager to acquire Telvent Global Services
Headquartered in Madrid, and employing more than 400 people, Telvent Global Services provides information technology (IT) infrastructure management services, including the provision of hosting across five data centers located in Spain and Portugal.
05/04/2015
Aztec Group wins Fund Administrator of the Year
Aztec Group has been named as the Fund Administrator of the Year at the 2015 European Private Equity Awards for the second year running.
05/04/2015
UK fund managers urged to be transparent on pay
Industry body calls on members to do so voluntarily rather than wait for regulations
05/03/2015
Why Cyprus isn’t Ireland
Both countries are island-states, ex British colonies, have a small population, and a significant portion of foreign direct investment.
05/03/2015
Harrods Estates opens its new office in Kensington
Harrods Estates’ new office, situated on Kensington Church Street, is part of the company’s expansion plans for the growth of the real estate arm of the famous Harrods department store.
05/03/2015
Macquarie revives talks with Jefferies on precious metals business
Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd is looking to recruit the precious metals trading team of Jefferies Group LLC's commodities brokerage, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
05/01/2015
The asset management industry has come of age
The huge and complex challenge facing fund managers