01/08/2013
Italy's Generali to buy out Czech joint venture
Generali said eastern Europe was now its fourth biggest market and growing faster than western Europe
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01/07/2013
iShares Leads Global ETP Industry Flows
BlackRock has announced that its iShares business led the global industry in 2012 by capturing $85.3bnin new flows of the record-breaking $262.7bn global Exchange Traded Products market flows.
01/07/2013
London’s Quantitative Hedge Funds Report Second Year of Losses
David Harding’s $10 billion Winton Futures Fund Ltd. slid 3.5 percent in 2012
01/06/2013
An Elite Tribe Of Hedge Fund Superstars Took A Bruising In This Years Top 100 Rankings
This year's top spots are mostly occupied by funds that have either asset backed or mortgage arbitrage strategies.
01/06/2013
Outlook for M&A in 2013
Linklaters’ partners have pooled their views on what lies in store for the M&A market.
01/06/2013
Harris takes MM reins in City Financial insourcing drive
Ed Rosengarten, formerly Eden’s head of UK asset management before moving over to the same role at City Financial, said the appointment of Mr Harris to the funds reflected a strategy of “shifting the business from an outsourced one to an insou
01/04/2013
Cofunds CGT tool hit by another bug
Cofunds is continuing maintenance on its capital gains tax (CGT) calculator following fresh complaints from advisers.
01/02/2013
Standard Life fund crowned top performer in 2012
The £510m fund, managed by Ed Legget, returned 44.6 per cent for investors
01/02/2013
Coutts Launches Multi-Asset Funds
The Coutts multi-asset funds will be sold under advice in the UK.
01/02/2013
Schroders adviser suggests fine wine is 'long-term investment'
"The beauty of wine investment is the options it provides. If the price is up, you can sell it for a profit. If price goes down, you can hold it for the long term. Or, you can simply drink it!"
01/01/2013
Europe, Asia banks join U.S. in swap dealer line-up
Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Nomura were among those listed in the registry of the National Futures Association (NFA), a U.S. regulator.
01/01/2013
Icecapital Asset Management changes hands
The business transfers were executed on 1 January 2013
01/01/2013
Henderson loses Asia investment trust mandate to Schroders Read more: http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/2233281/henderson-loses-asia-investment-trust-mandate-to-schroders#ixzz2GtuZEkoP Investment Week - News and analysis for investment
The trust will now be managed by Hong Kong based Robin Parbrook and King Fuei Lee, who run the top performing offshore £1.1bn Schroder ISF Asia Total Return fund.
12/30/2012
Börse Berlin – Stable Total Turnover In 2012
In a continuing difficult market environment Börse Berlin concludes 2012 with a total turnover of 48.3 billion Euro and 7.6 million trades.
12/30/2012
EU clears Dexia's €90bn restructuring plan
The European Commission has approved the latest, €90bn restructuring plan for Dexia, a Franco-Belgian bank bailed out at the height of the financial crisis which has struggled ever since.
12/30/2012
Hedge funds reap record profits from bets on QE
Super-rich hedge fund financiers emerged as the big winners from the Bank of England’s money printing programme in 2012, as pensioners and savers were made to struggle with shrunken incomes.
12/27/2012
Aviva rolls out new global brand strategy
Aviva is rolling out a new global marketing plan, which will see its humorous UK advertising starring comic Paul Whitehouse toned down in an effort to create a "differentiated" positioning.
12/23/2012
RBC awarded top rated status in Global custody survey
RBC Investor Services has been awarded 'Top Rating' in Global Custodian's 2012 Global Custody Survey across four categories.
12/23/2012
China wealth fund eyes $1.3 bln U.K. office campus
The U.S. private equity group bought the property from a consortium of Aberdeen Asset Management, Schroders and Stanhope at the start of 2011 for GBP480 million, the FT said.
12/22/2012
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.64 per cent
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.64% in November