06/06/2014
Aviva revitalisation starts to yield positive results
In 2013, Aviva announced it would be cutting 2,000 jobs globally. At the time, the move was seen as signalling a clear intention by group chief executive Mark Wilson – who arrived from AIA Group at the beginning of 2013 – to shake up operation
06/05/2014
What’s the alternative? Buyers struggle to find contrarian funds
Alternatives funds should be directional at the start of the cycle
06/05/2014
The space taken by financial tenants in the area soared by 139 per cent last year to 117,000 sq ft with hedge funds accounting for almost a third of that, according to the study from property advisers Jones Lang LaSalle.
06/05/2014
The latest switch in ETF replication methodology mainly covers exposures to the equity markets of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and represents approximately €2.5 billion in assets.
06/05/2014
The bank valued the insurer's Netherlands Life business at 5.6 billion euros
06/05/2014
Tesco announced on Wednesday that like-for-like sales in the first quarter of its financial year had fallen 3.7%
06/05/2014
He expects to see further compression in European bond spreads in anticipation of stimulus
06/05/2014
Standard Life has secured Neil Woodford’s new fund at a discount, dismissing claims from rival Cofunds that this was only available to platforms which could ‘guarantee distribution’.
06/04/2014
The difference is also marked at other price points
06/04/2014
Last year TCI's flagship fund gained 47% and in the first quarter of this year it rose just over 3%.
06/04/2014
All other charges are unchanged, although Ascentric says it will review its income drawdown fees following Budget changes that are expected to boost the market.
06/04/2014
Dutch health insurer Menzis has picked Northern Trust's asset management arm to manage its €400m passive equity portfolio.
06/04/2014
Embattled online stockbroker Selftrade has sealed a deal to sell its business to outsourcing company Equiniti.
06/04/2014
Norway’s $880 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, is throwing its support behind Brad Katsuyama’s new exchange.
06/04/2014
Man Group is winding down its hedge fund-seeding business.
06/03/2014
Some of the 20 properties being sold are held by Credit Suisse’s CS Euroreal fund and include the German headquarters of Royal Philips NV in Hamburg, one of the people said.
06/03/2014
Gaeia director Olivia Bowen described the deal as a “natural coming together”.
06/03/2014
Irish-owned Singapore property investment company Fine Grain Property has just racked up a war chest of 30 million Singapore dollars in a fundraising round, and the first stage of investment will be to build a 300-room Premier Inn hotel in the city state.
06/03/2014
Winding up the two funds will also avoid any crossover when the group launches its own version of GARS later this year.
06/03/2014
Hedge fund manager's reputation is important, as both corporations and institutional investors listening more often