Author: Portfolio Adviser

  • Brandeaux sells Liberty Living to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

    Brandeaux sells Liberty Living to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

    Brandeaux has sold its troubled property portfolio, Liberty Living, to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for £1.1bn allowing it to return nearly all of its shareholders money.

  • Axa IMs Asia chief Flood leaves

    Axa IMs Asia chief Flood leaves

    Simon Flood has left as head of Asia Pacific at Axa Investment Managers after just seven months in the role.

  • BlackRock top in both gross and net

    BlackRock top in both gross and net

    BlackRock topped both the gross and net retail sales tables for the year, according to the latest issue of The Pridham Report

  • F&C brings blended property fund onshore

    F&C brings blended property fund onshore

    F&C Investments has announced it has brought its F&C Property Growth & Income Fund onshore in the form of a new UK OEIC.

  • Montello granted full regulatory status

    Montello granted full regulatory status

    Montello has received full regulatory status from the Financial Conduct Authority as a UK fund manager.

  • UCITS sales slide

    UCITS sales slide

    Sales of UCITS dropped sharply by Euro17bn (£13bn, $20bn) in November, despite a surge in the sale of European long term funds throughout the month.

  • ESMA aims for improved investor protection

    ESMA aims for improved investor protection

    ESMA has introduced a wave of additional investor protection measures in its final technical advice on the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).

  • Alken reverses European equity soft closures

    Alken reverses European equity soft closures

    Alken Asset Management will lift subscription restrictions on its European Opportunities and Absolute Return Europe funds on 3 November.

  • Argentina contagion unlikely Fidelity says

    Argentina contagion unlikely Fidelity says

    Contagion stemming from Argentinas second default on its national debt to other sovereign issuers is unlikely, according to Fidelity Investments.