10/14/2013
UK Fund Brokers Suspend Woodford's Ratings on Departure News
News that the UK’s best known fund manager Neil Woodford is leaving Invesco Perpetual after 25 years has caused leading fund brokers to suspend their ratings of his portfolios.
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.
10/10/2013
$10 billion UK hedge fund heads Stateside
We are pretty optimistic
10/10/2013
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index: September performance 1.84%
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for September 2013 measured 1.84%.
10/09/2013
Commodity Market Decreased in September Amid Mixed Fundamentals
Commodities were lower in September as decreased geopolitical risk and commodity-specific fundamentals weighed on the market.
10/09/2013
Top global hedge fund takes emerging markets hit
The portfolio, the firm's largest and making macro economic bets, was up about 3.8 percent as of the end of June but has been declining since.
10/08/2013
Societe Generale Securities Services in Russia wins service quality award
This award complements recent industry recognition for SGSS in Global Investor
10/08/2013
JPM Asset Management to launch senior loans trust
JPM Asset Management is set to list its second closed-ended fund of the year in London after its proposal to launch was well received by the market.
10/08/2013
AEGON : UK’s platform Dominates at Awards Night
At the Aberdeen UK Platform awards in London this month, Aegon UK added to its growing awards collection.
10/08/2013
Ignis Launch Higher Octane Version of Government Bond Fund
Ignis Asset Management has launched the Luxembourg-domiciled Ignis Global Macro Government Bond Fund, its latest absolute return strategy
10/07/2013
Asset Managers Face Systemic Label
The SIFI designation carries higher capital requirements for the firms concerned, as well as more intrusive scrutiny from supervisors and heavier reporting requirements.
10/06/2013
Schroders launches innovative Insurance Linked Securities Fund
Schroders announced the addition of ILS to its product offering for institutional clients for the first time
10/06/2013
Guinness plans UK fund range expansion by year-end
The Guinness Atkinson Global Innovators fund – run by Ian Mortimer and Matthew Page – has been running for over a decade
10/06/2013
Amundi brings 'first' global implied dividend fund to market
The management of Amundi Funds Absolute Global Dividend is both active and flexible
10/02/2013
ILS fund administrator acquired by SS&C
The firm currently services 25 managers with US$6 billion in assets under administration (AUA) from its Bermuda and Canadian offices.
10/02/2013
What happens when a star fund manager leaves?
Mr Shah will move to an internal mentoring scheme in the company rather than switching to another fund or asset manager.
10/01/2013
Advisers flock to all in one platform
The platform can hold off-market assets such as direct property and SMSF collectables in a client’s portfolio