Alternative Investments

11/06/2014

PRIVATE insurance brokers reveal plans to merge

The combined group will boast an extensive UK and international footprint, a formidable reputation and an extremely complementary business mix with enhanced and diverse service offerings and capabilities.”

11/06/2014

Source Makes 59 ETFS Available To Spanish Investors

Source has registered 59 of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for distribution in Spain. The range is registered with the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores in Spain and includes strategies developed together with the likes of Goldman Sachs,

11/05/2014

All change the future of platforms

For some years, experts have been forecasting a reduction in the number of platforms operating in the UK, yet the numbers continue to increase.

11/04/2014

Barings targets pensions with multi-asset rebrand

Barings has converted its multi-asset £39.2m Baring Portfolio fund into the Baring Dynamic Capital Growth fund and relaunched it to target “members of pension schemes that fall under the new auto enrolment legislation”.

11/03/2014

Patrick Collinson: Georgia on her mind

The Asian Income fund scotched the idea that you can’t find decent dividend yields outside the UK, and Emerging Income manager Sophia Whitbread is determined to show she can do the same, in places that investors have never previously regarded as rel

11/03/2014

Publicis to buy U.S.-based Sapient for $3.7 bln

Publicis, the world's third-largest advertising agency, has agreed to buy digital ad specialist Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash as it seeks to accelerate growth after a botched merger earlier this year.