South Africa’s Investec to expand into life insurance
South Africa-headquartered asset manager Investec has announced it will expand into offering life insurance to its clients.
Asset Management
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FCA spares dealing and portfolio services from Priips rules
The UK regulator has decided that retail investment dealing, portfolio management and custody services will not fall under major new European Union disclosure rules.
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Pacific Insurance unit buys stake in Chinese asset manager
China Pacific Insurance Co. (CPIC), the country’s third largest life insurer, has bought a 51% stake in Chinese fund management company GTJA Allianz Fund Management and will share ownership of the firm with Germany’s Allianz.
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M&A: the ‘new normal’ in UK asset management
The merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen is a sign of the times in asset manager consolidation, but who will be the winners and losers from the trend?
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Asset management sector review dwarfs RDR, says Nucleus CEO
The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s report into the asset management sector is “way bigger” than the retail distribution review (RDR), with fund managers expected to “bear the sharp end of the pressure on fees”, says David Ferguson, chief executive of wrap platform Nucleus.
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What future for life companies in asset management?
Given the mixed fortunes of life companies, can they handle the tough balancing act of asset management?
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China’s asset management industry tops $7.5trn
Assets under management across mainland China rose by 36% to 51.8trn renmimbi ($7.53trn, £6.0trn) in 2016 according to data from the semi-official Asset Management Association of China (AMAC).
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ETF Securities drops Hong Kong asset management licence
UK-based ETF Securities has decided not to renew its asset management licence in Hong Kong, following a number of high-profile delistings in city last year.
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Asset managers must ‘innovate and industrialise’
The asset management industry is facing an innovation dilemma as it struggles to free itself from encumbered business models and embrace industrialisation, says Matthew Lamb, chief executive of Pacific Asset Management.
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Swiss bank Syz exits Asia to focus on Europe
Switzerland’s Banque Syz has closed its asset management unit in Hong Kong to focus on European markets in the latest step towards consolidation in Asia’s wealth management industry.
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Arbuthnot, Brewin Dolphin snap up Duncan Lawrie assets
Private bank Arbuthnot Lathan and one of the UK’s largest financial advisory firms, Brewin Dolphin, have snapped up parts of wealth manager Duncan Lawrie as its parent company, Camellia, departs the private banking industry.
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Aberdeen’s profit slides as net outflows continue
Aberdeen Asset Management has reported £32.8bn ($40.9bn, €38.6bn) in net outflows for the year to 30 September 2016 after negative economic and political news “weighed on investor sentiment”, according to chief executive Martin Gilbert.