09/21/2014
Dutch giant to divest holdings in 'expensive' hedge funds
The €55bn pension fund for Dutch metal workers, has said it will fully divest its €1bn hedge fund allocation in favour of investments in local residential mortgages.
09/19/2014
The British territory’s financial services minister visited Hong Kong to promote its profile as a funds jurisdiction to niche Asian managers seeking access to the EU single market.
09/19/2014
Investment funds based in Ireland will no longer have to hire Irish residents as directors under a central bank plan to improve oversight of one of the global fund industry's biggest hubs.
09/19/2014
The most important part of a savings plan is to get it off the ground, even if the initial amount seems small
09/19/2014
The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds and a long-term investor in German auto maker Daimler AG , wants to ramp up investments in Europe's largest economy.
09/19/2014
Pending licence approval, the international arm of China’s Harvest Fund Management is preparing to open a London office up early next year as a gateway to sell products in Europe.
09/19/2014
Nangle said that although Threadneedle had expected a 'no' vote, it ‘would have been irresponsible’ to have taken large positions on it.
09/19/2014
More than 340 institutions managing £15tn of assets say governments must put a ‘meaningful’ price on carbon
09/19/2014
AIMA’s Council is elected every two years and is comprised of members from its three regions – the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
09/19/2014
China is the world’s second largest economy and it is important for the ongoing prosperity of the Island that we continue to build strong links between our two governments
09/18/2014
Both mandates will be managed as separate accounts for a duration of four years with the option of a further year.
09/18/2014
London-based Mako Global Investors is backing former Marble Bar Asset Management portfolio manager Christian Thum to launch a European equities-focused hedge fund in the fourth quarter
09/18/2014
The restricted fund offering will be made up of around 80 to 100 active and passive funds chosen by Architas.
09/18/2014
Skandia International has become the latest life company to stop charging advice to the annual 5% tax-free withdrawal on its offshore bonds.
09/18/2014
Passive management giant Vanguard has announced the death of its European institutional sales chief, Simon Vanstone.
09/17/2014
Al Gore's investment fund is pouring $30 million into Seventh Generation Inc., the maker of eco-friendly household products, to help build a war chest for acquisitions.
09/17/2014
This puts the aggregate value of the properties at around US$ 4.06 billion. All the properties are Class A office towers.
09/17/2014
The new offering is an extension of TMF Custom House's existing regulation and compliance offerings
09/17/2014
Standard Life has announced it is closing its defined benefit scheme to future accrual from April 2016.
09/17/2014
Bond manager Alix Stewart has sold out of some Scottish bank positions due to expected volatility created by the independence referendum.