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Middle Eastern investors move on London property
Plummeting property prices, low interest rates and a ... In March, Landmark Property, a Dubai-based firm, opened ... Last month, M1 Real Estate, established in Lebanon, ... David Swan, managing director at WW Advisors, which ... Swan said: “Purchase prices in London have fallen...
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Rich families question wealth advice
A revolution is brewing for the wealth management ... Mofidi, who was a managing director and head ... Global Wealth Management plans to open an office ... He predicted the fallout from the financial crisis ... “Families used to take comfort in size. But ... According to Faranak Foroughi, founder of Tharwa Management...
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Star equity manager believes ETFs are the answer for the wealthy
Alan Miller, the former investment chief of New ... His boutique, Spencer-Churchill Miller Private, will look after ... Deborah Fuhr, head of ETF research and implementation ... Meanwhile, Barclays has taken advantage of the boom ... Miller said: “Many high net worth individuals are...
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Financial stocks lift fund returns
“It’s time for us to put this period ... Hedge fund managers focusing on financials stocks have ... These returns are reported in US dollars, and ... Investors in Barclays enjoyed a further boost on ... As markets have started to climb in recent ... Banking stocks have done well from the rally...
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World Bank arm returns 20% a year for two decades
The International Finance Corporation, part of the World ... The IFC, financed by 181 countries, has not ... But a spokesman for the organisation confirmed that ... An insider at the IFC told Financial News: ... Jyrki Koskelo, IFC vice-president for Europe, Central Asia, ... IFC investments are driven by development impact and...
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Weak pound attracts overseas buyers
The collapse in value of the pound is ... Property agency DTZ published its European quarterly report ... The focus of foreign investors on the weak ... It was a sharp drop for the markets, ... Sterling investors enjoyed a positive return of 16.7% ... John Slade, head of direct investment at DTZ,...
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Comment: Banks and managers get ready to divorce
In years gone by, banks and insurers viewed ... Asset managers, heavily outvoted in conglomerate boardrooms, are ... Retail investors have become an endangered species, reluctant ... Exchange-traded funds are becoming a serious threat. Alan ... The challenges facing the sector are illustrated by...
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Investment manager hires former Stanford team
A US investment manager has hired three former ... Baird, which runs practices including private equity and ... Vollen worked at Stanford Group from April last ... US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission filed ... Federal agencies had had Stanford on their radars...
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Listed private equity sector shows signs of confidence
Confidence in UK-listed private equity firms has shown ... The average trading price discount to net asset ... The average discount increased steadily after the bankruptcy ... The narrowing of the discount will be welcome ... One analyst said market prices had come down ... Two sets of results out today have shown...
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Swiss funds house targets UK institutions
An asset manager backed by state-owned regional banks ... Swisscanto has hired Rob Barrett, who was head ... Barrett joined HSBC from Axa Rosenberg last year ... Swisscanto is a joint venture between the Swiss ... Barrett is the latest in a string of ... Other large asset managers have been setting up...
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London: It isn't so bad after all
Contrary to reports that London is at risk ... Earlier this week, private equity heavyweight Guy Hands, ... However, in comments published today, Investec's Michael Powers ... The UK Government was presented last week with ... • Dublin, which originally undercut London due...
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Inflows add to optimistic signs for hedge funds
Leading hedge fund managers are beginning to see ... Overall, investors still pulled $104bn (€76.5bn) from the ... Jeff Meyer, chief executive of UK mainstream and ... Dermot Butler, chairman of hedge fund administrator Custom ... Hans Hufschmid, chief executive of GlobeOp, said his...
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Pictet fights back after mandate loss
It’s never a joyful feeling when an investment ... Hugh Aldous, chairman of the Eastern European Trust, ... Stephen Barber, head of group communications for Pictet, ... Switching to BlackRock came a year after Pictet ... Pictet Asset Management was one of the few ... Pictet consistently tops the charts compiled by data...
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Odey hits jackpot with 28% rise in April
Crispin Odey, the London-based hedge fund manager who ... David Stewart, chief executive of Odey Asset Management, ... The strong performance for the year to date ... However, Odey dramatically changed tack in January, declaring ... Last week, Odey said he was surprised at...
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Grantham predicts bull run will build
Jeremy Grantham, the co-founder US asset manager GMO, ... In his latest strategy note, Grantham wrote: "We ... "My guess is that the S&P500 is quite ... The S&P has risen from 810 to 912 ... Grantham’s bullish view, the result of the unprecedented ... However, he warns that this will not be...
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Active fund managers finally deliver
It may have taken 18 months, but active ... The median global equities manager lost money for ... These managers last beat their index in the ... Over the past three years, global equities managers ... Investment consultant Andrew Kirton, global head of Mercer...
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Evershed joins small-cap specialist
Patrick Evershed, a star fund manager who left ... Evershed will be managing funds for private clients ... Evershed gained a strong reputation as a stockpicker ... However, when he left New Star in September ... Giles Hargreave said: "Fund management and investment has...
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London hedge funds boutique sells out to private bank
One of the oldest funds of hedge funds ... Integrated Asset Management will dispose of Altigefi, the ... Sal Oppenheim already owns 49% of Altigefi and ... Integrated will be left with about $400m in ... Shares in Integrated, which is publicly-listed on London's ... Integrated's funds under management halved in the final...
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UK fund flows boosted to pre-crisis levels
The continued push by retail investors into corporate ... According to the Investment Management Association, total net ... March is an significant month for asset managers ... The boost was led by net retail flows ... Richard Saunders, chief executive of the IMA, said: ... The current Isa limit stands at £7,200, but...
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After the credit crisis it’s the Not-So Rich List
It may not feel like a great time ... According to the annual Sunday Times Rich List, ... The number of billionaires on the list fell ... The financiers’ fortunes also compared favourably with the ... Philip Beresford, who compiles the annual Rich List, ... Across the board, super-wealthy hedge fund managers, such...
