02/12/2014
With just five months until the deadline for complying with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), hedge fund administrators are reporting that up to a fifth of fund managers are still not prepared.
02/11/2014
French asset management group La Française has signed a strategic partnership deal with alternatives multi-manager specialist TAGES Capital
02/11/2014
HSBC Global Asset Management has won a mandate to run a frontier markets equity strategy on behalf of the £1.4 billion Cornwall Pension Fund.
02/11/2014
First ETF with an international security settlement structure in continental Europe
02/11/2014
In his new position, He will be responsible for coverage of platforms, intermediaries and advisers.
02/11/2014
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc hired real-estate investment bank Eastdil Secured LLC to advise on a possible sale of Irish assets,
02/11/2014
La Française and Tages Capita have announced the agreement of a strategic partnership.
02/10/2014
Banque de Luxembourg has converted its Asia-focused fund of funds strategy into a direct investment Asia equities fund
02/10/2014
Most hedge funds that bet on broad macroeconomic trends lost money in January, hurt by reversing equity markets and wrong-way currency bets.
02/10/2014
Billionaire activist investor planning assault on UK
They have only declined twice, falling 7pc in value in 1998, and 3pc in the annus horribilis that was 2008.
02/10/2014
“These wealthy people are looking to make a tax efficient gift to their loved ones, but with some strings attached.
02/10/2014
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management is creating a range of low-cost, direct replication db X-trackers ETFs, all of which will come with an all-in fee of 0.09% per annum.
02/10/2014
Volatility specialist launches discretionary business
The firm, which specialises in options trading, has received permission to run client money on a discretionary basis under what the FCA terms the 'Variation of Permissions'.
02/10/2014
John Ventre, head of multi-manager at Old Mutual, has initiated a position in an emerging markets fund, despite widespread flight from the region.
02/10/2014
SEB Asset Management, the real estate arm of SEB Group, has kicked off 2014 strongly with several notable transactions, especially in the Asia-Pacific commercial real estate market.
02/07/2014
It will also be able to invest in high yield convertible bonds in order to diversify the portfolio and also to generate higher returns.
02/06/2014
he new mandate will also see BNY Mellon providing performance & risk analytics, securities lending and portfolio hedging to Aon Hewitt, which provides fiduciary management services to UK pension schemes.
02/05/2014
The fund is relatively unique in Sweden in that it is truly multi-asset by investing in nine different asset classes.”
02/05/2014
The Luxembourg-domiciled fund, called the VTB Capital IM Russia & CIS Debt fund, was launched with $40 million in seed capital.
02/05/2014
BDO HAS retained the top spot for total AIM audit clients, as well as moving up to fifth spot for FTSE AIM 100 clients.