09/25/2014
Standard Life Investments Property Income Sells Two Chelmsford Offices
Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust Ltd Thursday said it has exchanged contracts on the sale of two office buildings in Chelmsford for GBP3.5 million.
Alternative Investments
09/24/2014
A peek inside one of the world’s most secretive hedge funds
Bridgewater, which reportedly has an extremely high turnover rate
09/24/2014
Miliband's war on hedge funds could damage City of London
Labour leaders plans to end intermediary tax relief could hurt pension funds and other investors
09/24/2014
Atanas Bostandzhiev launches emerging market fund in London
A former senior executive of Russian investment bank VTB Capital has launched an emerging market fund dubbed Gemcorp, saying it had already raised USD 500 million from European institutional investors.
09/24/2014
Soccer Manager scores £300K investment
The Preston-based independent studio behind the online multiplayer football management game SoccerManager.com has received a £300,000 investment from a leading tech investor.
09/24/2014
Axa launches 'three-tiered' investment range
Axa has launched “Intelligent Investment Choices”, a three-tiered investment range which will be available from Axa Wealth International.
09/23/2014
Emerging Markets Specialists Launch Investment Firm
The GEMCORP team brings unique investment expertise in Emerging Markets
09/23/2014
World’s Biggest Wealth Fund to Shift Away From Standard Indexing
Norway’s $880 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said traditional global indexes are no longer an appropriate model on which to base its investments.
09/23/2014
Bank of China to Sell High-Yield Bond Fund in Europe
The move to Luxembourg, along with a structure that complies with European investment regulations, mean that the fund can be widely sold to retail investors
09/23/2014
Hargeaves Lansdown: The new Royal Mint gold account is too expensive compared to the alternatives
The plan announced this morning by the Royal Mint to allow private investors to buy gold coins is a ‘pricey’ way to invest in the asset class
09/23/2014
JLL Spain to acquire Tasaciones Hipotecarias from BNP Paribas Real Estate Spain
The price of the transaction is not public.
09/23/2014
Carmignac becomes latest firm to receive A-Shares approval
Carmignac has received approval to access the mainland Chinese markets from the French Ministry of Finance
09/23/2014
Aviva calls on fund groups for more transparency
Aviva has called for greater transparency among fund managers and pension schemes and a realignment of incentives to work in the best interest of consumers.
09/22/2014
Societe Generale Securities Services in Luxembourg mandated by Auriga Global Investors S.V.
Societe Generale Securities Services in Luxembourg has been mandated by Auriga Global Investors S.V. as custodian, administrator and registrar for its UCITS funds and specialised investment funds
09/22/2014
Where there’s smoke, there’s fear
E-cigarettes are my biggest concern
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
Gibraltar outlines appeal as fund domicile
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
Ireland shakes up fund rules in bid to improve management
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
Hargreaves Lansdown lowers minimum investment
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
Kuwait Investment Authority says to expand Germany investments
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.