10/16/2013
Standard Life reveals unbundled wrap charges
Core user firms will receive lower platform charges for bond and Sipp investments.
Alternative Investments
10/16/2013
Man Group hit by fresh $90m charge
Overall investment movement of negative $0.1 billion in the quarter
10/16/2013
Polar Capital Holdings: AUM Update
In the quarter just commenced the Group's UK team will be leaving Polar Capital.
10/16/2013
Polar Capital to close UK equity team
Polar Capital’s UK equity team is set to leave the group with the next few months.
10/16/2013
Jupiter Fund Management AUM up
Jupiter Fund Management plc today issues its interim management statement in respect of the three months to 30 September 2013.
10/16/2013
Natixis launches global multi-asset fund
http://citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/natixis-launches-global-multi-asset-fund/a710228
10/16/2013
Polish BRE Kicks Off First Polish Corporate Bond Index
Poland's BRE Bank wants to tap into the country's expected corporate bond issuance boom by starting the first index that will monitor the papers' performances
10/16/2013
Generali Redefines Regions, Adds Two
Italian insurer Generali has added Latin America and EMEA as regions as its redefines its geographical structure
10/15/2013
London Jumps Queue in Race to be Yuan Hub
London has stolen a march over Singapore in the race to become a yuan hub, becoming the first foreign city to be allowed to invest directly in domestic securities on the mainland.
10/15/2013
Majedie Asset Management shakes-up UK equity team
Majedie Asset Management has undertaken a number of changes in its fund manager line-up
10/15/2013
The "Ulule Tour" spreads the word about crowdfunding in France
This alternative mechanism provides the means to raise funds from a broad segment of the public to finance artistic
10/14/2013
Liontrust acquires North and Husselbee Alongside Paul Kim for Multi-Asset Arm
Liontrust Asset Management is to acquire North Investment Partners, appointing founder John Husselbee, as well as former LV = manager Paul Kim, to run its first multi-asset proposition.
10/14/2013
Norway Fund Joins Axa to Target Large Europe Property Loans
The manager of Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund, the world’s largest, formed a venture with Axa Real Estate Investment Managers to provide European commercial real estate debt as borrowers seek to refinance maturing loans.
10/13/2013
Hedge fund linked to George Osborne's best man to make millions from privatisation of Royal Mail after 'buying £50m stake'
Hedge-fund firm has seen value of investment rise by £18million already
10/13/2013
Barings to launch new European Opportunities Fund
The Fund, which will be co-managed by Nick Williams and Colin Riddles, will seek out investment opportunities in European smaller companies, including firms based in the UK, and will be benchmarked against the MSCI Europe Smallcap Index.
10/13/2013
Schroders aims for early Cazenove rejig
Schroders has kicked off the process of aligning the two firms’ back office systems
10/13/2013
UBS GAM launches two fixed income funds in Italy
UBS Global Asset Management has launched two Ucits compliant bond funds on the Italian market.
10/13/2013
L&G Enters Race To Buy Co-Op's GI Arm
Legal & General has joined the race to buy the Co-Operative Group's general insurance arm, it has been reported.
10/13/2013
Finisterre Rolls Out Insurer-Friendly UCITS Fund
The UCITS-compliant Finisterre Emerging Market Debt Fund launched with USD55m of seed capital and deploys a similar long/short approach to that operated across Finisterre’s existing strategies.
10/13/2013
Cazenove makes commodities play
Cazenove’s multi-managers have added positions in the BlackRock Gold & General and the JPMorgan Natural Resources funds