04/15/2015
Voucher code millionaire raising £30m for e-commerce start-ups
The fund will target businesses dealing with "front end development, platforms, payments" and "anything with a transaction".
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04/15/2015
Cording acquires Dutch real estate investment manager
Cording Real Estate Group has expanded its platform into Benelux with the acquisition of Horizon Investment Management
04/15/2015
Hungary Raises Brokerage Compensation in Risk to Bank Deal
Hungarian lawmakers approved higher compensation to clients of bankrupt brokerage Quaestor, with banks bearing the brunt of costs in a move that risks breaching an international agreement the government signed this year.
04/15/2015
Cameron advisor back in Labour’s crosshairs over Malta companies
British Prime Minister David Cameron's electoral guru, Australian Lynton Crosby, has rejected a Labour attack on his personal tax affairs as a "made up negative story"
04/15/2015
Maitland enters UK market with Phoenix Fund Services buy
Global advisory and fund administration firm Maitland said on Wednesday it had bought British peer Phoenix Fund Services for an undisclosed amount.
04/15/2015
State Street Global Advisors launches Infrastructure ETF
State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, has launched the SPDR Morningstar Multi Asset Global Infrastructure Ucits ETF
04/15/2015
ICE Benchmark Administration Launches Consultation for LBMA Gold Price
The market consultation will close on May 1, 2015
04/14/2015
State-backed lender to sell Luxembourg fund manager arm
The state-backed lender said on Monday it had appointed PwC to advise on the sale of the offshore business
04/14/2015
Pensions have become a game of political football, but we don’t have to play the Government’s game
"Time to take control of our retirement years, use the freedoms available to us, and free ourselves from the shackles of changing Government policy and the long arms of the Treasury”
04/14/2015
Celebrities and high earners make Esher & Walton the UK's number one income tax hotspot
The average bill for 2012/13 was £16,900
04/14/2015
ME real estate investors spend 73 per cent of outbound capital in Europe in 2014
Middle Eastern buyers invested a total of $14.1 billion outside their home region in 2014, making the Middle East the third largest source of cross-regional capital globally
04/13/2015
VAM Funds enters South Africa with 11 funds
Luxembourg-domiciled fund manager VAM Funds has entered the South African market, launching 11 funds in the region.
04/13/2015
Lulu Group front-runner to buy original Scotland Yard premises in London
Abu Dhabi investors may soon be in control of not one but two of the former homes of London’s Metropolitan Police Force.
04/13/2015
Saxo Bank Adds Stock Options to White Label Offering
Latest addition further boosts multi-asset class capabilities
04/13/2015
Aubrey unveils GEM Opportunities fund for former First State manager
Edinburgh-based boutique Aubrey Capital Management, which was founded in 2007 by a group of former First State managers, has launched a concentrated global emerging markets fund with an initial $50m of seed money.
04/13/2015
iShares launches China A share tracker
BlackRock has launched a China A-share exchange-traded fund for international retail and institutional investors.
04/13/2015
Deutsche cuts China ETF fee as BlackRock enters market
Competition among exchange-traded fund providers offering exposure to Chinese shares has heated up as iShares, the world’s largest ETF provider, enters the market and Deutsche Bank’s ETF arm plans to cut its fee on a rival product.
04/12/2015
Shock therapy to spur wave of mergers among Italy's "popolari" banks
They say the shake-up could also help find a buyer among the cooperative banks
04/10/2015
GIB Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund appoints Barclays Bank
The GIB Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund Ltd., the flagship Hedge Fund of GIB (UK), announced the appointment of Barclays Bank PLC to provide additional prime brokerage services to the Fund.
04/10/2015
Top investor fund picks to play liquid alternatives
We've collected the verdicts of top investors on liquid alternatives, and reveal their favoured fund picks.