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3i to buy Barclays’ £780m infrastructure fund arm
Private equity firm 3i Group is set to buy Barclay’s £780 million infrastructure fund management business, in a bid to raise fee income.
Chelverton plans European income trust for ex-Montanaro fund head
Chelverton Asset Management is planning to launch a European equity income trust for new recruit Ralph Singleton, who departed Montanaro Asset Management earlier this year, Wealth Manager understands.
Carney: Europe faces lost decade unless it follows Japan's 'bold experiment'
Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney is urging Europe to take drastic measures to avoid a decade of stagnation.
Ex-Barclays Wealth man to run six fund of funds for Fidelity
Nick Peters has been appointed lead manager of six multi-manager Sicavs as Rita Grewal and Richard Skelt take up new posts with Fidelity.
What our analysis of more than 10,000 manager moves tells us about star exits
In what is likely to be one of the most significant manager moves of the year, Richard Buxton’s exit from Schroders led a string of high profile departures across the City. But what's the secret to success when a star manager departs? We analysed thousands of switches to find out.
Blackrock bolsters real estate offering with acquisition
BlackRock has agreed to acquire MGPA, an independently-managed private equity real estate investment advisory with a foothold in the Asian and European markets.
How inventories could drive a euro recovery
For all the obvious problems facing the eurozone, could a major component of its difficulty simply be too much stuff?
Alliance Trust to close US and European equity funds
Alliance Trust Investments will close the £77 million Alliance Trust North American Equity fund and the £59 million Alliance Trust European Equity funds at the end of June as part of its strategic review.
How market timing has been an Achilles' heel for discretionaries
Our data shows wealth managers have missed out on a number of opportunities over the last few months by failing to time markets.
Why this might not be the year to sell in May
Since 2010, there has been an annual sell-off at around the end of the first quarter – sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later, but it’s always occurred.
Allianz launches focused European fund for top performing duo
The Frankfurt-based group is launching a high conviction fund for two of its leading European growth managers.
Plackett and Hibbert help BlackRock knock M&G from top of Pridham chart
Despite retail sales of funds hitting a five-year low, BlackRock and Standard Life Investments defied asset managers' poor first quarter to enjoy strong flows into some of their most popular funds.
Liontrust's A-rated income pair in global equity switch
Liontrust will broaden the mandate of James Inglis-Jones and Gary West's Income fund to allow the A-rated pair to pick stocks from a global arena.
ECB cuts interest rates to record low of 0.5%
The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut the cost of borrowing to a record low.
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