04/30/2015
Investors attack Alliance Trust’s last-minute truce with Elliott
Booing investors in Alliance Trust attacked its board for spending £3m fighting proposals from activist hedge fund Elliott
Alternative Investments
04/30/2015
Burren launches UCITS Fund in Dublin
Burren Capital Advisors Limited, a specialist event driven manager launched in 2010, has launched its Global Arbitrage equities fund on the MontLake UCITS platform
04/30/2015
AIMA updates corporate governance guide
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the hedge fund industry group, has updated its Fund Directors Guide
04/30/2015
Prudential launches dynamic growth funds
Prudential has launched a new range of dynamic, multi-asset funds, designed to meet the needs of its business customers and provide better value for money
04/29/2015
Standard Life: UK income investors should continue to focus on commercial property
Despite rising prices in the asset and falling certainty surrounding the UK at present, income investors should still ‘find it hard to look past’ commercial property in the coming years, according to Dr. Andrew Milligan, head of global strateg
04/29/2015
Is HL's new EM multi-manager fund over-diversified?
Industry insiders have cautioned on the underlying funds selected for the new Hargreaves Lansdown Multi-Manager Asia & Emerging Markets fund.
04/29/2015
Labour Party proposals on Rent Controls: a quote from Temple Field Property CEO, Dominic Field
Commenting on the Labour Party’s announcement that it would bar private landlords from increasing rent by more than CPI inflation for three years, Dominic Field, CEO at London-centric boutique residential investment buying agency Temple Field Proper
04/29/2015
Blackstone Acquires 16 UK Logistics Assets
Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe IV, through its European logistics arm Logicor, has acquired a logistic portfolio consisting of 16 U.K.-based warehouse properties
04/29/2015
IKON Group awarded Best Forex Broker in Europe 2015
The 5th Annual IAIR Awards® took place on 10th March 2015 in Hong Kong, preceded by a conference entitled “Asia CEO Summit”
04/29/2015
The growing cachet of Guernsey open ended funds
Open ended fund structures are now regaining in popularity
04/28/2015
Generali division to focus on North American property/casualty
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial has launched a New York-based U.S. division to serve the North American property/casualty insurance market
04/28/2015
Omni nears $1 bln in assets with new direct lending fund
Omni Partners is aiming to raise $250 million this year in its second fund lending to companies, looking to profit by extending short-term loans secured against residential and commercial properties in Britain.
04/27/2015
Fund inflows pour in as ETFs celebrate 15th birthday in Europe
European-listed ETFs projected to double to just over $1tn by the end of 2019
04/27/2015
How London man may have helped trigger the 'flash crash'
Just how big a role he played has been hotly debated since the federal complaint was unsealed earlier this week
04/27/2015
Alliance Trust pins faith in investor ‘passion’
Private investors are estimated to hold between 65 per cent and 70 per cent of the Tayside trust’s shares
04/27/2015
Great Portland JV sells West End building for 222.4 million pounds
Great Portland Estates Plc said its joint venture with Aberdeen Asset Management sold 95 Wigmore Street
04/27/2015
Societe Generale in Luxembourg mandated by Cyan Oak Capital to process derivatives operations
Created in 2013 in London, Cyan Oak Capital LLP provides institutional investors with access to a global equity derivatives opportunity fund.
04/27/2015
Aberdeen Asset and Great Portland sell London building for £222.4 million
Annual rental income is said to be £8.1m with rents ranging from £77.50 to £92.50 per square feet.
04/27/2015
R.B.S. Agrees to Sell Another Batch of Company Loans to Mizuho
The portfolio consists of $5.6 billion in commitments
04/27/2015
Legg Mason renames ICVC fund range
Legg Mason Global Asset Management has renamed the Legg Mason Funds ICVC fund range adding the subsidiary managing the fund to the name.