07/16/2015
BlackRock eyes European equities as global rates, valuations cause concern
Uncertainty around the pace of the rising interest rates in the US and heady valuations some asset classes are cause for caution
Alternative Investments
07/15/2015
Lazard's Cliquet and team to run Global Franchise fund
Lazard Asset Management is set to build on the success of its Global Listed Infrastructure Equity fund through the launch of a concentrated global equity portfolio.
07/15/2015
China Wealth Fund Buys $1.4 Billion of European Properties
International investors are buying retail properties in continental Europe to take advantage of a nascent economic recovery.
07/15/2015
LaSalle purchases residential development from Dandara in Aberdeen
Real estate investment managers LaSalle Investment Management has agreed a deal with Dandara that will deliver Scotland’s first large scale institutional PRS Private Rented Sector scheme at a major site in Aberdeen.
07/15/2015
Thomas Miller Investment Launches Diversified Assets Fund
The fund is co-advised by Thomas Miller Investment’s Abi Oladimeji and Mark McKenzie.
07/15/2015
Quality Capital Management Launches QCM AFP UCITS Fund with 0% Management Fee for Early-bird Investors
QCM has a wealth of experience in managing investments. It has successfully navigated through 20 years of wide-ranging market cycles, dealing also with systemic shocks from abnormal events such as the global credit crisis.
07/15/2015
Challenger’s Fidante Partners acquires Dexion Capital
Challenger Limited’s boutique funds management division, Fidante Partners, is to acquire 100 per cent of European alternative investments group Dexion Capital Holdings Limited.
07/14/2015
City Spy: Advisers have £6 million field day at Center Parcs
Most of that will have found its way into the pockets of Rothschild, appointed to offer “strategic options”.
07/14/2015
Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad takes €1bn bet on Spain with retail stake
A Qatari investor has placed a €1bn bet on Spain’s economic recovery, with a deal to acquire 10 per cent of El Corte Inglés, the country’s biggest retailer and owner of the eponymous chain of department stores.
07/14/2015
Get ready for a 'fire sale' of Greek islands
Around 20 Greek islands were put on the market last year
07/14/2015
Generali Int’l adds Guinness products to direct fund range
Generali International has added two Guinness funds to its direct fund range.
07/14/2015
Axa UK signs deal to protect DB plan from longevity risk
Axa UK’s group pension scheme has closed a deal with the Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) to cover the longevity risk in its defined benefit pension plan.
07/13/2015
CapitaLand’s Ascott partners Qatar Investment for $600m fund
Through the partnership in serviced residences, Ascott and QIA will each contribute $300 million of equity funds to the joint venture.
07/13/2015
Multifonds named 'Best Buy Side Solution' at Goodacre Systems in the City Awards 20
The awards, presented by Mary Nightingale of ITV News
07/13/2015
Citic Said to Lead Bidding to Buy Frank Russell Arm From LSE
LSE Group bought Frank Russell for $2.7 billion last year, primarily for its index business.
07/13/2015
Standard Life unveils financial planning business 1825
Standard Life today announced its new financial planning business will be called 1825, evoking the long-term investment savings company's proud heritage.
07/13/2015
Smith & Williamson on taking crumbs from the big guys’ tables
After a year of preparation, Smith & Williamson’s head of funds reckons his team is ready and able to take on the behemoths with a core of actively managed ‘building block’ funds every allocator will need to use.
07/13/2015
BlackRock launches The Adviser Exchange
BlackRock has announced the launch of The Adviser Exchange, a digitally supported adviser centre, providing advisers and wealth managers with a range of new tools and services.
07/13/2015
How Stewart Cowley lost love for bond fund management
Trying to make sense of bond markets in extraordinary times finally became too much for Stewart Cowley.
07/10/2015
Offshore bonds to benefit from permanent non-dom abolition
The life industry has recommended offshore bonds to those facing UK tax on their foreign income, following the abolition of permanent non-dom status in yesterday’s Budget.