Guardian Managers, a London-based fund management company which specialises in real estate funds, is launching what it says is the first collective investment fund to focus on the shares of the UK’s 5
The growing influence and practice of Islamic finance has been recognised through the creation of a London-based training programme for industry professionals. The programme, which was launched by
The final battle by thousands of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man depositors to recover their savings has now begun, with the bank having been formally placed into liquidation. The liqui
The international brands of Santander’s three British banking divisions are to be spared the Spanish banking groups comprehensive rebranding, announced today. The rebranding will see all of Brit
We are delighted to announce that International Adviser (IA), and its sister publications Portfolio Adviser (PA) and Expert Investor Europe(EIE), have become the first and only magazines to use Old Br
Max Property Group, a Jersey-incorporated, closed-ended property fund backed and run by a host of high-powered names, has been admitted to the London AIM and Channel Island stock exchanges in what off
Depositors in collapsed Isle of Man bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander have blocked a government sponsored asset recovery package, a decision that will trigger the islands bank compensation scheme.
Funds of hedge fund specialist Stenham Asset Management has opened its Trading Fund to new investment for the first time in five years and created new sterling, euro and Swiss franc share classes for
Ucits funds recorded net inflows of 22bn in the first three months of 2009, marking the end of a run of six consecutive quarters of overall redemptions, according to the European Fund and Asset Manag
The management of SBJ Global Risks, parent of the MediCare International private health insurance business, is to acquire the operation from Bluefin Group Ltd, a subsidiary of AXA UK. The acquisiti
Pictet Funds, the fund distribution company of the Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie, is adding a new Luxembourg-domiciled agriculture fund to its thematic funds range.
Increasing pressure on profitability at active asset management firms in 2009 is likely to cause considerable changes in the industry, according to new research from Watson Wyatt, which also suggests
