German insurance giant Allianz is looking to set up a wholly-owned unit in Shanghai to launch hedge funds that invest abroad, according to three separate sources, as some…
Asian asset manager Eastspring Investments, part of financial group Prudential, has recently appointed former Schroders and Pimco’s equity head Virginie Maisonneuve as its new chief investment officer.…
Lukas Schmitz (pictured) is manager of the SWMC Emerging European Fund and gives his view on Turkish equities. I recently attended a conference in Istanbul, to try and…
Italy was one of the six founding members of the European Union (EU) in 1957, along with France, the Netherlands, West Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. Its referendum…
The French SRI label launched by public authorities in September 2015 has been granted for three years to 58 funds from nine asset management firms and covers…
Rothschild Asset Management has launched a multi-asset global macro fund, R Karya Macro Fund. This Ucits-compliant strategy is a subfund part of InRIS Ucits plc created last…
French private equity firms Demeter Partners and Emertec Gestion are set to merge after they signed their merger transaction. Together they will become the largest European private…
Swiss manager Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has expanded its global and absolute return fixed income range with the launch of a US high yield strategy. The new…
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched the Aberdeen Alternative Diversified Equity Fund (AADE Fund). The Ireland-domiciled fund blends a number of equity-related alternative strategies that focus on generating…
The key rate used to calculate tax due from gains from investments held according to the tax efficient investment savings account regime (investeringssparkonto, ISK) in Sweden has…
Gold received a thorough pummelling during trading on Wednesday with prices sinking to levels not seen in over 9 months at $1181.45 as Dollar’s resurgence encouraged bears…
British insurance firm Legal & General has reached an agreement in principle with Chesnara, the owner of Countrywide Assured, to sell its Dutch business unit, Legal &…