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Redington wins advisory mandate from St James’s Place

Redington, mainly an institutional adviser, was voted top consultant in this year’s Financial News Awards for Excellence.

Lombard Odier in fresh assault on UK retail market

Nine of its Luxembourg-based funds are now available to UK investors in sterling shares, including the top-performing Lombard Odier Technology fund and the $835m Lombard Odier Emerging Consumer fund.

Invesco sells property fund stake in latest Woodford-related disposal

The sale netted Invesco around £36m. Part of the stake was picked up by Lazard Asset Management, another major existing holder: Lazard's stake rose from 14% to 18% on the same day.

RSA to offload peripheral businesses to fuel capital

The Telegraph understands that Martin Scicluna, who has taken control of the FTSE 100 insurer following the exit of chief executive Simon Lee on Friday, wants to offload non-core businesses.

CBD flush with solar bonds

The capital raised by SEB will fund the design, development, installation and management of a book of approximately 40 commercial rooftop solar energy installations across the UK.

BNP Paribas team leads amLeague as returns drop in November

French giant BNP Paribas’s THEAM team has topped the latest amLeague rankings as the manager's overall returns suffered a considerable drop compared to October’s results.

Standard Life pushes for departing executives to keep shares longer

The new guidelines emphasise the investment manager's support for pay arrangements at companies which require senior executives to retain an "appropriate" proportion of the shares they own in a company after leaving.

Boutique bank that advised on ICE-NYSE deal plans expansion

The West Coast expansion will bring the firm closer to key players in the fast-growing payment provider industry, co-founder Jerry von Dohlen said in an interview.

BNY Mellon Launches AIFMD Regulatory Reporting Service

Flexible solution for AIFMD's complex data collection, management and reporting requirements

Deutsche Bank launches Coeli Macro strategy on dbSelect

The manager will aim to produce superior returns by exploiting overall market volatility and direction using foreign exchange and other exchange traded instruments.

Monte dei Paschi di Siena attracting investment interest from Qatar

There is a lot of activity going on but the talks are going well

PE has become more attractive after the global financial crisis: Coller Capital

A study based on the views of 113 investors across the globe and released on 9 December.

Hedge fund managers seek to set themselves apart through branding

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 might have lifted the ban on advertising private funds

Guinness Asset Management Launches Guinness AIM EIS 2014 to Invest in AIM-listed Companies that Qualify for EIS

This is a discretionary managed service that will invest in AIM-listed companies through the tax-efficient EIS structure.

Skandia Fonder shifts fixed income funds in-house from DNB

The change does not impact the investment funds per se, but is being done more for business strategic reasons, according to Annelie Enquist, CEO of Skandia Fonder.

“2 and 20” Fading, Managers Need Big Assets or Performance to Profit: Citi Prime Finance Survey

Economics Fosters Investor-Manager Alignment of Interests

Coming Soon: “Reality” Hedge Fund TV

The show will feature three “lions” or heads of the current hedge fund industry

Catella establishes property asset management in France

European financial group Catella will establish property asset management activities in France from spring 2014.

Deutsche Believes ‘Physical’ ETFs Are The Future

Unlike the U.S. exchange traded fund industry, the European market is dominated by so-called synthetic products

Henderson Global launches new fund

One of which allows Henderson to offer registered managed investment schemes to Australian investors as a Responsible Entity.

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