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Haitong plans to buy London-based brokerage

Will pay US$20 million for the London-based brokerage Japaninvest

Indexx Markets signs mandate to produce systematic indices for Sarasin & Partners

Indexx Markets will be working with the Sarasin Systematic team to deliver a range of indices covering multiple geographies, beginning with a US Efficient Strategy Index based on the constituents of the S&P500. These strategies will be available to Eu

BlackRock to take on F&C’s British Assets trust

BlackRock is set to take on the mandate for the £485m British Assets investment trust from F&C Investments as the trust seeks to restructure itself as a multi-asset income product.

Captives – lowering the barriers to growth

Undoubtedly it is Luxembourg’s leading insurance event and is attended by leading risk managers

L&G cuts tracker costs as price war rages

Legal & General is slashing the cost of 16 trackers, taking it neck and neck with Fidelity Worldwide Investment for some funds.

Pershing playing catch-up with competitors as custodian considers offering commission-free ETFs

Platforms, popular with RIAs, post tremendous growth for firms, fund managers

German Black Horse family office buys Düsseldorf tower

Hamburg-based developer Momeni has sold an iconic office tower in Düsseldorf to Black Horse Investments

United Ventures closes $80 mln for initial fund

Milan-based United Ventures has raised $80 million for its oversubscribed debut fund. The LPs for United Ventures One include institutions, banks and fund of funds. The fund seeks to invest in European tech startups.

Carne receives approval for new AIFM manco in Channel Islands

Carne has received authorisation as a fund services business from the Jersey regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

Eastern European reinsurers poised to provide USD 100 million retro capacity in wake of new licence

One the one hand, there is the collateralised reinsurance and insurance linked securities (ILS) markets, which are growing very rapidly because of the involvement of non-insurance capital.

Infracapital Partners closes Fund II on 1 bln pounds

Infracapital Partners has closed its second fund on 1 billion pounds to invest in core infrastructure assets across Europe. Co-investment pledges takes total capital for investment to more than 1.3 billion pounds. Atlantic-Pacific Capital worked as placem

Investment Adviser 100 Club Awards - October 2014

Our winners then had to contend with a panel of five leading experts

GIB invests in Royal Brackla whisky distillery sustainability upgrade

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced plans to finance a biomass conversion project that will help a historic Scottish whisky distillery to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

Brazier to take over Investec UK Alpha fund in November

He will replace previous manager Jonathan Parker

Standard Life Investments secures Global Equity Mandate in Denmark

The assets will be managed by Standard Life Investments’ highly successful Global Equities team, with seed capital from one of Denmark’s most established institutional investors.

Advent Life Sciences closes Fund II on 145.5 mln pounds

Advent Life Sciences has closed its Advent Life Sciences Fund II on 145.5 million pounds ($235 million) to seed and build life sciences companies in the UK, Europe and the U.S. Fund II, which will back entrepreneurs and early stage and mid-stage companies

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