06/03/2013
May 2013 Private Client Indices and ARC Charity Indices Estimates Now Available
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Alternative Investments
06/03/2013
Advisers drive Parmenion new business surge in 2013
Discretionary fund manager (DFM) Parmenion said it has witnessed a surge in new funds under management since the start of the year due to increased appetite among advisers Read more: http://www.ifaonline.co.uk/ifaonline/news/2272437/advisers-drive-parmen
06/03/2013
Aegon and Banco Santander Complete Exclusive 25-Year Partnership in Spain
Aegon has completed an exclusive 25-year strategic partnership with Spain's largest group
06/03/2013
Reed Elsevier completes divestiture of RBI France
Reed Elsevier Group has completed the sale of its French b-to-b media and professional services unit
06/03/2013
Deutsche Bank to launch bond trading in Poland -sources
Deutsche Bank AG will soon launch a fixed-income trading business in Poland
06/02/2013
ESMA approves EIU as a credit rating agency
ESMA is now responsible for the supervision of 20 registered and two certified credit rating agencies.r
06/02/2013
Morningstar hedge fund performance up 1.2% in April, 5.1% year to date
April saw global stocks and bonds rally, while commodity prices sharply declined, ” Philip Guziec, alternative invest ments st rategist at Morningstar
05/30/2013
CBD Energy launches Investment Bond
Aussie entrepreneur McGowan powers investment programme in UK wind and solar energy generation through energy bonds PLC
05/30/2013
Investec unveils Ucits fund for multi-asset chief
Asset management firm announces plans to open out €188m fund to international investors, Citywire Global can exclusively reveal.
05/29/2013
Durrant and Philbin team up for Harwood Multi Manager launch
Durrant will be chief executive of the new business, which is part of boutique investment group Harwood Capital, while Philbin will be chief investment officer.
05/29/2013
Five biggest platforms' market share falls 20%
The market share of the biggest five UK adviser platforms has decreased by 20 per cent in the last three years, falling from a 90 per cent in 2010 to 70 per cent in Q1 this year
05/28/2013
AIMA paper highlights areas for deeper international coordination of OTC derivatives regulation
The paper, ‘Addressing overlaps between EMIR and CFTC OTC derivatives regulation’, provides examples of potential regulatory conflicts
05/28/2013
Henderson Global Investors clinch greater fund efficiency via Euroclear UK & Ireland
Henderson is among the front runners of major international asset managers embracing EUI’s new electronic ‘order-routing-through-to-settlement’ service.
05/27/2013
Hedge fund managers generate billions of returns in record start to year
Booming stock markets and global money-printing have allowed some of the world’s biggest hedge funds to generate billions of dollars of returns in a record start to the year
05/27/2013
Alliance Trust adds 100 more clean funds to platform
New tranche of clean fee share class funds bring total on platform to over 1,700.
05/27/2013
Canadians make West End swoop in Crown Estate tie-up
The deal is the latest swoop on the buoyant London market by big- spending Canadian pension funds.
05/27/2013
BNP Paribas Securities Services mandated by Aviva Investors France
Under this new mandate, BNP Paribas will support Aviva to develop its repo activities in a constantly changing regulatory environment, an area where the custodian provides a complete line of service.
05/26/2013
KBC completes the sale of Absolut Bank
KBC is now no longer present on the Russian banking market
05/26/2013
Lyxor extends physically replicated ETF range
FTSE Group licenses four additional indices to Vanguard
05/25/2013
Schroders star Andy Brough signs up for Ukip
Andy Brough, who manages Schroders’ £1.4 billion mid-cap fund, is understood to have joined Nigel Farage’s party