02/27/2014
Jupiter profit jumps 55%
Jupiter’s pre-tax profit surged by 55% in 2013, despite its funds’ performance waning and margins tightening.
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02/27/2014
Standard Life pre-tax profits dip 13% in 2013
Insurer and asset manager Standard Life reported a 13% dip in pre-tax profits for 2013, despite strong inflows.
02/27/2014
Man Group Rises on $115 Million Share Buyback and Client Inflows
Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge-fund firm, rose the most in 10 months after announcing a $115 million stock buyback and saying clients added money to its funds for a second straight quarter.
02/27/2014
Danish banks warn off hedge funds
The biggest banks in Denmark’s €402bn mortgage market say hedge funds looking for ways to bet against the industry are setting themselves up for losses.
02/27/2014
Invesco Perpetual overhauls fund charges with single fee
Invesco Perpetual has introduced a new single fund management fee across its entire fund range.
02/26/2014
Luxembourg pension fund boycots major Israeli banks
The Walla report highlighted that the direct impact of this boycott could be zero
02/26/2014
UK fund manager aims to double assets by 2018
Fund manager Henderson Group is aiming to double its assets by 2018 to about 150 billion pounds and its top target is a deal in the United States to fill "a big gap" in the company's business mix.
02/26/2014
Kirill Pyshkin sets out plans for new Mirabaud fund
Mirabaud Asset Management’s new hire Kirill Pyshkin is looking to focus on dividend growth stories as he outlines the kind of fund he would like to launch.
02/25/2014
British SMEs show appetite for growth as number listed on AIM could double
90% of those SMEs listed on AIM have seen a positive impact on their business and 43% state they have seen a significant positive impact.
02/25/2014
Pirate island saved: Planning permission granted for 'Caribbean paradise' built by multi-millionaire family
Photographs of the island sparked amazement around the world when they emerged last July, showing a private hideaway designed to look like an abandoned 18th-century colonial outpost.
02/25/2014
Schroders buys Chelmsford retail park
Originally developed in 1995, The Meadows Retail Park is configured to provide eight individual units arranged as four warehouse units, three smaller retail units and a leisure unit.
02/25/2014
Twitter icon Email alerts icon Latest News RSS icon Magazine icon Stay connected: JO Hambro Capital boss stands firm in fund price war
Our view is if we focus on performance, we need to keep a close watch on capacity, because volume destroys performance.
02/25/2014
Singapore-based investment management firm set to open London office
The Singapore-based investment management firm, is working to establish an office in London
02/25/2014
Tech review: Mark Polson on Standard Life's SME auto-enrolment middleware
As the jostle for auto-enrolment middleware market share heats up, Mark Polson takes a look at what Standard Life's SME-focused Good To Go has to offer
02/25/2014
Hargreaves Lansdown: The three best funds for your ISA in a bull market
With the FTSE 100 having reached a 14-year high on 24 February, Adrian Lowcock, senior investment manager at Hargreaves Lansdown, has highlighted the three funds that he believes best suit investors eager to capitalise on the rise of the FTSE 100.
02/25/2014
JO Hambro Capital boss stands firm in fund price war
JO Hambro Capital Management chief Gavin Rochussen is refusing to bow to downward pressure on fees at a time when platforms are unveiling cut price rates from competitors.
02/24/2014
Corpus Sireo confirms it is up for sale by German savings bank owners
A spokesperson for one of Germany's largest asset managers Corpus Sireo confirmed a report in local media that the bank owners of the Cologne-based group, which manages €16.5bn, have put it up for sale.
02/24/2014
Charities Property Fund returns 11.2% in 2013
In one of its most successful years since inception 13 years ago, the Fund invested £130 million in 15 new assets, reflecting an average yield of 6.5% after the costs of acquisition.
02/24/2014
Euroclear Bank selected for settlement of US stocks by EuroCCP
Under the service which was launched today, transactions in US stocks listed and traded on Turquoise will be settled on behalf of clients at Euroclear Bank in any of the 54 settlement currencies offered by the ICSD.
02/24/2014
Kames Capital launches Diversified Income Fund
Kames Capital, an Aegon Asset Management company, has launched the Diversified Income fund for institutional and retail investors seeking income and capital growth over the medium term.