Articles and Features

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund, which offers exposure to a range of alternative and non-traditional investment strategies within the convenient structure of a mutual fund. »

Coutts and RBS are backing the UK’s small business community by supporting Accelerate 2013, an inaugural festival for high growth businesses which is taking place in Liverpool on 27 June 2013. »

Assets under management at Impax Asset Management Group increased 22 per cent in the first six months of 2013 to GBP2.2bn from GBP1.8bn, reflecting net inflows of GBP100m and rising equity markets. »

Global demand for retail focused, liquid alternative investment products will reach USD939bn by 2017, more than three times the current level, according to a survey from Citi Prime Finance. »

Net operating income in Rathbones’ core investment management business in Q1 2103 totalled GBP41.6m (2012: GBP37.9m) an increase of 9.8 per cent year on year. »

Responsible investing (RI) funds are showing strong growth, with assets under management increasing since 2010 by 19 per cent from EUR199.9bn to EUR237.9bn, with the proportion of RI assets compared to the total assets in European funds increasing by 1.6 per cent, according to ALFI’s second European Responsible Investing Fund Survey.  »

Four months after the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), advisers are optimistic about the future, with 90 per cent of those surveyed still intending to remain trading at the end of 2013. »

One year on from the launch of the Allianz RiskMaster range, all four funds have performed in line with or exceeded expectations.  »

In April the fine wine market saw a pause in its recovery as it waited for, and then reacted to, the latest en primeur releases from Bordeaux. »

Independently-owned discretionary wealth manager London & Capital has launched the London & Capital Private Investment Office, a new offering headed by Ian Tait and designed for individuals who require a wealth management service more comparable with a family office but who do not want to incur the expense.  »