101 articles found within the last year.
Displaying results 21 - 40
-
UK watchdog mulls widening scope of short disclosure
The UK's financial market watchdog has mooted the ... The Financial Services Authority today said it could ... But it added that it would await any ... In shorting, speculators such as hedge funds sell ... In September last year the FSA banned taking ... However, in a report it published today, based...
-
UK funds industry set for record year
Investors have placed a net £18.5bn (€20bn) into ... The Investment Management Association said investors put a ... Funds under management in UK open-ended funds reached ... This year's inflows come after the only full ... The statistics track flows into UK open-ended investment...
-
Hedge fund investor forces independent valuations
The hedge funds investor, founded by prominent manager ... Investors have increasingly pushed for independent fund valuation ... Eric Bissonier, the chief investment officer of EIM, ... EIM brings $9bn (€6bn) in assets to the ... Peers that have done the same with their...
-
Ex-Marshall Wace star returns with hedge fund start-up
One of the most important partners at Marshall ... Daoud Zekrya, who was jointly responsible for running ... Zekrya departed Marshall Wace last November to begin ... Belay is seeking authorisation from the UK watchdog ... The third founding partner at Belay will be ... One London-based investment consultant said: "Belay will be...
-
London fund overhauls equities managers
The London Borough of Harrow, a local-government authority ... The Harrow fund is over 70% invested in ... The fund's governing investment panel wrote: "The overall ... As a result it instigated a review of ... Jennifer Hydari, divisional director of finance and procurement,...
-
Art and money: The City's top five donors
London Mayor Boris Johnson this week appealed to ... The head of buyout firm Blackstone’s mergers and ... The founder and co-chief executive of hedge fund ... The retired founder of venture capital firm Apax ... Bank of America Merrill Lynch's president for Europe, ... The former head of UK investment banking at...
-
Hedge fund industry show early signs of rebound
The number of hedge funds shutting down in ... Almost 300 funds shut down in the second ... However, the rate of closures has slowed - ... In comparison, this year, hedge funds have made ... Data provider Eurekahedge registered 141 launches last quarter ... Samtaney said: "We’ve seen net inflows of $30bn...
-
Senior buyout duo sign-up for charity push
A UK-based group that raises money from private ... The Private Equity Foundation has appointed Nikos Stathopoulos, ... Stathopoulos, a former Financial News Rising Star, became ... Bonomi joined the advisory group of Investindustrial, which ... The duo join eight other board members including...
-
Hedgie claims 'lazy' London needs a rethink
A hedge fund manager who relocated from London ... Karsten Schroeder said London remains a key financial ... However, he said: "At the start of last ... The answer was 'no' and by December, Amplitude, ... Financial News reported in February that at least ... Higher rates for personal tax in the UK,...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Comment: Adair Turner wields the tax axe - again
If anyone in authority was ever going to ... Back in the days when he was UK ... To achieve semi-enforced savings, Turner fostered the creation ... In later years, when in charge of a ... Turner has made it crystal clear that over-large ... In a discussion forum hosted by Prospect magazine,...
-
UK regulator backs tax on banks
The head of the UK's financial watchdog said ... Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, ... Excessive risk-taking has been blamed for helping spark ... Turner also Wednesday criticised some activities of London's ... "If you want to stop excessive pay in...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Bank remuneration code sparks fears over UK competitiveness
The chief executive of the UK’s banking trade ... She was reacting to the Financial Services Authority's ... Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers’ ... Knight said of the final code applying to ... While welcoming the code, Knight warned: “Our concerns...
-
Spotlight falls on private equity's A-listers
Private equity firms are branching out of their ... Research by Financial News has found that one ... These include music artists Lily Allen, Kylie Minouge ... In addition, music mogul Simon Cowell, TV presenters ... Other examples are actress Joanna Lumley and celebrity ... Ramsay’s investment vehicle, Gordon Ramsey Holdings, works closely...
-
Investors relaxed over high-risk fund's 25% plunge
The chief executive of a successful New Zealand ... 36 South Investment Management, previously based in New ... However, the fund's Regent Fund SPC, which trades ... 36 South’s chief executive, Jerry Haworth, told Financial ... Despite the large June loss, the fund remains...
-
Barclays Wealth boosts lending
Barclays Wealth grew its loan book by 30% ... Barclays Wealth was able to grow its market ... By comparison, Barclays' UK retail division pushed up ... The size of deposits placed with Barclays Wealth ... Elsewhere, Barclays Wealth reported a gain in client ... However, pre-tax profits at the private bank fell...
