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GFH Capital placement of prime central London property oversubscribed

The placement was oversubscribed by investors seeking attractive opportunities in the UK real estate market.

Bonus cut hits Garrett-Cox pay package

ALLIANCE Trust chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox has seen her total remuneration package fall from £1.8 million to less than £1.4m because of a near 30% reduction in her bonuses.

Franklin Templeton duo lead fund manager rankings again

Emerging market debt investors Laura Burakreis and Marco Freire of Franklin Templeton have taken to three months their run at the top of The Herald's table of fund management houses with a strong Scottish presence

HSBC GAM to launch ‘smart beta’ funds

Funds will be based on indices weighted according to contribution to economic output

Fund managers back Sainsbury's to win supermarket battle

Survey of investors backs Sainsbury's and Justin King as industry prepares for price war

Standard Life investment Opens Gars Platform to Wider Investor

Standard Life Investments has opened an absolute return portfolio to wider institutional investors.

Hedge fund boutique to enter UK retail market

Looking to break into the UK retail market with a global equity income fund for former JPMorgan and Gam manager Ross Hollyman.

Ashburton Investments gets SA approval

Jersey-based Veronika Pechlaner, who manages the Ashburton Global Leaders Equity Fund together with investment director Nick Lee, said: "Our focus is on finding 20 quality mega-caps, which are global leaders within attractive industries.

The flock of AIFMD licenses continues

KB Associates’s management company has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland under AIFMD.

Quadriga Capital appoints Ipes to administer German private equity funds

Ipes Jersey has been entrusted as the new administrator of Quadriga Capital’s German private equity funds.

Guernsey property company lists on AIM

Summit Germany Limited has been admitted to the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.

Franklin Templeton and Jyske triumph at Lipper Fund Awards

Explaining the methodology behind the winners, Moeller says they were chosen for performance across their fund range, not just individual successes.

Investment trusts on Cofunds would help: Chelsea

Darius McDermott, managing director of Chelsea, said the firm had “never been anti-investment trusts”

Cofunds holds on to top spot on the Platforum's latest AUA table

Novia, Aviva, Raymond James and Aegon also all grew their platform assets by at least 10 per cent in the three months to the end of last year.

Generali Swings to Quarterly Profit After Year-Ago Writedowns

Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italy’s biggest insurer, reported a fourth-quarter profit after booking a loss a year earlier on writedowns of equity holdings.

Provider-backed platforms lead the way in Europe

UBS, Allfunds, Credit Suisse and Cofunds have emerged as the biggest platform providers across Europe.

Neuberger Berman Brings Us Long-Short Fund to Europe

Neuberger Berman has launched a US long-short equity fund as a sub-fund of its Irish-domiciled Ucits fund umbrella.

Cazenove multi-managers stand firm with Majedie fund

Marcus Brookes and team plan to keep stake in hard-closed long/short equity fund.

Asian Insurers invest £40 million into Schroder UK Property Fund

Two large Asian insurance companies have chosen to invest £40 million into SPF, providing further evidence of the growing diversity of the investor base since its conversion.

Should investment integration headaches scupper a takeover?

The perils of integrating investment propositions is one of the lesser publicised aspects of the latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) trend that is gathering pace in UK wealth management.

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