Managers of Wealth

Swiss boutique set to launch multi-asset fund

The new fund, called FISCH MultiAsset MantaPlus, will adopt an existing pension fund strategy and target a yearly return of 4% above money market, according to Fisch AM.

UBS restricts ETF securities lending

BlackRock made a similar move in 2012, limiting securities lending in its iShares ETFs to 50 percent following clients’ concerns about exposure to counterparty risk.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management ponder UCITS version of recently launched DWS Strategic Equity Long/Short fund

Lord Abbett is now increasing its footprint as a global investment manager, building on its strong product competencies

Sanditon poised for trust launch after regulatory go-ahead

It also plans to launch two European open-ended funds – a long-short pan-European strategy and a long-only strategy. Ex-Cazenove manager Chris Rice will run the funds.

Schroders reveals details of £1bn fund overhaul

Schroders’ James Sym is 80 per cent through realigning European Alpha Plus fund

Switzerland last year exported $132 billion of gold

ETF investors in the US and other developed markets offload their gold holdings allocated to them and held in the UK, where most of the world's gold vaults are to be found.

New paper urges full transparency from fund managers

A staggered approach could be taken in the lead up to the full disclosure of all transaction costs

World's largest fund governance firm Expands European operations

AIFMD ushers in a broad new set of regulatory and compliance requirements for EU domiciled funds and for non-EU fund managers who wish to access European capital

More Wine Investment Firms Wound Up

Investors were told that the company would be able to recover and sell their previous wine investments

Boutique fund specialist wins Swiss client

The key element for us is that they have a deep understanding of private equity funds and the complexities involved in administering and accounting for them. Their professionalism and attention to detail are first-class and we are very much looking forwar

Philip Gibbs launches attack on the Jupiter board at group's AGM

The remarkable public outburst shook up an otherwise uneventful AGM

ADB: Private investment lags in Southeast Asia

ADB says private role in financing Southeast Asian infrastructure has lagged since 1997 crisis

The high-flying banker who gave it all up to turn throwaway veg into posh pickles

The preserves are now to be found on the shelves of the nation’s smartest food stores

Charles Stanley to offer model portfolios through Standard Life wrap

The CPS is managed by a team including former Wealth Manager cover star Stephen Peters (pictured) and Shauna Bevan. Both also featured in Wealth Manager's Top 100 names in fund selection.

Bond Drought Hits Buyers in $2 Trillion ABS Market: Euro Credit

The $2 trillion asset-backed securities market in Europe is out of kilter as growing demand for the debt, which policy makers are promoting as a savior for the region’s economy, meets shrinking supply.

Rothschild plots new investment division

Anglo-French bank responds to growing need for bespoke products

The story of the world’s first equity fund focused on wine

CEO of March Gestión de Fondos on active vs passive management, the wine sector and more

Cofunds adds self-direct service for ‘orphan’ clients

Service allows investors to manage portfolios without advice

Pictet merges US equity funds

A spokesperson for Pictet told Wealth Manager that the decision had been taken ‘in response to clients’ needs for a single US equity strategy which implements a broad-based approach with both value and growth characteristics’.

Macquarie sells Charter Hall stake to Gandel

The Australian reported today that Macquarie was preparing to offload its 9.8 per cent stake, worth $143.7m