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Investors focus optimism on European stocks
Investors are at their most optimistic about European ... Only 1% of respondents were investing less than ... The figures mean that eurozone equities became the ... Michael Hartnett, the chief global equity strategist at ... A more balanced perspective on regional equities coincided...
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Private bankers recommend equities push
Private bankers are increasingly bullish on the global ... Research conducted by Financial News of the investment ... Citi Private Bank’s chief investment officer Jeff Applegate ... Encouraged by the positive economic growth prospects, six ... Philipp Bärtschi, chief strategist at Bank Sarasin, said:...
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Comment: Bankers need to see the folly of their ways
One of the less endearing characteristics of human ... In a recent note, Michael Mauboussin of Legg ... Which was why Sir Fred Goodwin, former chief ... Rather than a source of profit, Mauboussin said ... The banks hit extreme problems because their product ... Chief executives were praised and richly rewarded. Mauboussin...
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Wanted: Asset managers from Paris to Dakar
The stock market rally has driven a flurry ... Advertisements for asset management jobs published this week ... Senior credit analysts are being sought in Hong ... Separately, UK asset management firms including Gartmore and ... The rush of asset management jobs being advertised...
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ETFs back on course to hit $1 trillion this year
Assets held in exchange-traded funds hit a new ... The global industry managed $891bn at the end ... Emerging market equities ETFs have been the most ... Debbie Fuhr, global head of ETF research and ... The news marks a resurgence in confidence for ... Barclays' own ETF provider iShares remains the dominant...
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Bank of China goes global with new funds
Bank of China is aiming to speed up ... According to Daniel Penseyres, chief executive of the ... The fund launch follows Bank of China’s decision ... Three years ago, the Japanese market was 12 ... BOC Fund is part of a private bank ... Bank of China has hired private bankers to...
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Berkshire Hathaway sells 794,388 Moody's shares
For the second time in as many months, ... Buffett's latest reduction of 794,388 shares came in ... Buffett sold the shares at prices ranging from ... Buffett cut his Moody's stake by 8 million ... Buffett has weathered criticism in the past year ... Moody's has been walloped in part by the...
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French fund duo build on outsourcing momentum
Two rival French asset managers have combined their ... Crédit Agricole Asset Management has sold a stake ... Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. ... Asset managers and other investors using the platform ... The funds industry has been gradually outsourcing its...
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News analysis: Four men in a note-trading venture
It may be better than a garage, the ... The days of tiny hedge fund start-ups are ... This is far more than the amount Alcantara ... But having received authorisation from the Financial Services ... The firm comprises just the two founders and ... Fate and circumstance played a hand in the...
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Ashby departs Credit Suisse after funds sell-off
Graham Ashby, a well-regarded fund manager in the ... Ashby has joined LV= Asset Management, the funds ... He has previously held a number of senior ... During his time at both Deutsche and Credit ... Ashby left Deutsche in 2005 ahead of its ... At the end of last year, Aberdeen announced...
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Harvard Endowment regroups
Jane Mendillo spent her first year as Harvard ... Key to her strategy: selling off some holdings ... "We are looking to have a greater portion ... The Harvard Endowment's shift is the latest example ... Harvard faces the same problem as some other ... But Mendillo also inherited a fund with unique...
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Europe’s largest asset managers of the future
Several landmark tie-ups in the funds industry over ... The exit of Barclays Global Investors from the ... Financial News surveys the three asset managers that ... Assets under management: €1.04 trillion ($1.49 trillion) (end ... German insurance group Allianz runs €232bn of internal...
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US fund managers fear recovery could take seven years
US fund houses fear it could take as ... In McKinsey’s latest annual survey of the US ... However, McKinsey said that despite the fears, few ... Asset values are still suffering from the market ... McKinsey warned these factors, among others, will cut ... McKinsey recommended that asset managers move to a...
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Optimism fuels investors' equities push
Investors' confidence in the global economy has risen ... A net 75% of survey respondents said the ... Investors are matching their rising optimism by shifting ... The latest monthly survey follows other signs that ... The wave of optimism is driven largely by ... Michael Hartnett, the chief global equities strategist in...
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Cautious Odey stays bullish on banks
London-based hedge fund manger Crispin Odey has followed ... Odey, who has also argued that rising bank ... The firm’s best-performing investments were in technology stocks, ... The gains on banking stocks come a week ... Odey's fund had previously made 28% in April ... However, Odey warned in his report that the...
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Aviva prepares to rebuild its property portfolio
The manager of the UK’s largest open-ended property ... Philip Nell, manager of the £1.3bn (€1.5bn) Aviva ... He believes the market for UK commercial property ... Two years ago, the fund had 145 properties ... Nell’s fund is still selling properties strategically to...
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Fund managers expect GDP growth to entice European investors
Investors could be encouraged to place more money ... Neil Dwane, chief investment officer for Europe at ... Continuing signs of recovery should push more investors ... Marc-Ali Abdallah, global strategist at the funds arm ... Michael Sieghart, head of European large-cap equities at...
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Investors shied from new private equity commitments
The majority of investors in private equity funds ... In a bi-annual investor sentiment survey of 100 ... The reduction lead to a drop in fundraising ... Helen Kenyon, manager of investor data at Preqin, ... “This, combined with current market uncertainty, meant almost ... Preqin said it expected investor appetite for private...
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Record UK inflows drive European funds sector
The largest amount of money flowing into UK ... Figures from data monitor Lipper FMI showed UK ... Allocations to equities increased, as did commitments to ... These inflows made up more than half the ... Investors ploughed €7bn into equity funds in Europe ... Exchange-traded funds were hit by outflows of €1.2bn...
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Lloyds to consolidate asset management, sell Insight Investment
The UK's Lloyds Banking Group on Wednesday said ... The bank is undertaking a large-scale revamp after ... The takeover of HBOS, a big mortgage lender ... Lloyds Banking Group is now the largest bancassurance ... Investment management of the funds from Halifax and ... The rest of Insight Investment -- an external...
