02/20/2015
Tories blasted by Labour over donations from hedge fund firms totalling nearly £2million
Almost £2 million Tory donations came from hedge fund donors
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02/20/2015
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Deepens Ties With U.K.’s Man Group
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Japan’s fourth-biggest bank by market value, said it formed an alliance with Man Group Plc to offer the U.K. hedge fund manager’s products to clients
02/20/2015
Man Group to Buy London-Based Investment Manager
The British hedge fund company Man Group continued its recent spending spree on Friday, reaching a conditional agreement to acquire the investment management business of NewSmith
02/20/2015
Legal & General, Schroders in 200 million pound Bracknell regeneration
The development will contain 580,000 square feet of new retail and leisure space
02/20/2015
Natixis Global Asset Management in talks to acquire DNCA
This projected acquisition was presented to Natixis Global Asset Management’s representative bodies on Wednesday, 18 February.
02/19/2015
Guinness to shut 0.25% share class on Global Equity Income fund
Guinness Asset Management, headed by Tim Guinness, is to close the 'early investor' share class on its Global Equity Income fund
02/19/2015
Threadneedle’s Colwell adds to Centrica in contrarian trade
The manager drew comparisons with the debate around AstraZeneca in 2012.
02/18/2015
Third Point Takes 20% Stake In Greek Insurer Hellas Direct
The online car insurance business raised more than $20 million from investors in a primary fundraising and around $12 million in a second fundraising, when a few early backers cashed in on their investment.
02/18/2015
The government’s new pension service has one fatal flaw
The UK government has launched its new Pension Wise service.
02/18/2015
Miton's Anthony Rayner comments on market stress and the correlation of assets
How asset classes are behaving relative to their history (volatility) and relative to other asset classes (correlation) drives our understanding of the risk environment and underpins how we structure our multi asset portfolios.
02/18/2015
L&G joins equity release sector following acquisition of Newlife
Its products are distributed through a panel of 700 intermediaries.
02/18/2015
Alceda extands strategic partnership with Warburg
Alceda has extended its strategic partnership with MM Warburg Group (Warburg). Moving forward, Warburg will act as preferred partner for the administration and custody of Alceda’s funds.
02/17/2015
First Names Group named in Top 25 Most Admired UK Companies 2015
It includes leading law firms, accountancy practices, independent financial advisers and trust companies in the wealth management sector.
02/17/2015
UniCredit Offering Church Pawn Shop in $3 Billion Property Sale
Investment in commercial property in Italy rose 30 percent to 5 billion euros last year
02/17/2015
Behind the scenes at Threadneedle’s merger and rebrand
The merger between Threadneedle Investments with Columbia did not happen overnight
02/17/2015
Former Brewin investment director plans launch of fund firm
A former trust analyst and investment manager, between 1992 and 1999 he served as Brewin Dolphin investment director in Newcastle.
02/17/2015
Jonathanfry and Easby Gale & Phillipson complete merger
The combined business will be called Gale and Phillipson and will be led by chief executive Phil Morris. Morris was previously managing director of Easby Gale & Phillipson.
02/17/2015
Asset management CEOs bullish on revenues
The findings appear to fall in line with PwC’s recent white paper predicting global assets under management will exceed $100 trillion by 2020, up from $63.9 trillion in 2012.
02/16/2015
Dutch group sells insurance arm to Chinese insurer
SNS Reaal, a troubled Dutch government owned bank and insurer, has agreed to sell its insurance arm to Anbang Insurance
02/16/2015
Is Odey right on 'darkness and mist' for global economy?
We are in the first stage of this downturn