Allocean shipping investment offers 7 return
Allocean Maritime Investments is claiming to have launched the first direct commercial shipping assets investment regulated for the UK market.
Allocean Maritime Investments is claiming to have launched the first direct commercial shipping assets investment regulated for the UK market.
Neil Gregson believes commodities have hit rock bottom and is readying his JPMorgan Natural Resources Fund for a recovery.
A recovering property market could see estate agent profits treble, according to John Ingram, head of the European Dynamic Team at JP Morgan, just one of a swathe of managers investing in the sector.
Private equity group 3i has sold its majority stake in UK wealth manager Bestinvest to Permira.
Gold has had torrid time of late, but is it about to change?
Chris Hohn’s activist hedge fund has emerged as the largest holder of Royal Mail shares.
Axa Real Estate has widened its alternatives business's mandate and made three senior manager changes as it looks to expand away from healthcare and student accommodation.
Hedgies have posted some of their best returns for 2013 though out of favour commodity strategies are continuing to come under pressure.
Man Group has hired former BlueCrest man Neil Mason, brining him on board as a senior managing director and handing him lead portfolio manager duties.
Investors are constantly on a hunt for assets that can improve the risk-adjusted return of their financial portfolios and in times when the economy is performing poorly, there is a demand for assets that have a low correlation with such traditional asset classes as stocks and bonds.
Active management during the first half of the year – most notably in the period around Ben Bernanke’s comments on the tapering of QE on 22 May – contributed to portfolio managers ending the period up despite most markets falling.
Funds with low fees account for three-quarters of assets under management in the alternative Ucits sector, indicating costs are a key consideration for “hedge fund-lite” investors, a study has found.