Managers of Wealth Americas

Thoma Bravo completes Planview acquisition

Thoma Bravo will become Planview’s new majority owner

Auour Instinct Strategies Added to Fidelity’s Separate Account Network

The firm has added Fidelity as a custodian available to the direct clients of Auour.

Ackman's fund mum on names of latest investments

We believe the investment is still attractive at current prices

Linedeta Acquires Gravitas, Expanding Into Outsourced Services And Further Developing Its Presence In The US

Increasingly asset management companies, particularly alternative managers, are seeking to outsource their middle- and back-office operations

JPMorgan Lands More Than $1 Trillion In Assets From BlackRock

JPMorgan said it would likely onboard those assets over the next two years.

Blackstone raises $7.5bn for new secondaries fund

Private equity giant hit its hard cap and 'could have gone higher'

Morningstar Names Top Fund Managers of 2016

Active managers faced many challenges in 2016 including market headwinds and heavy redemptions as investors moved their assets to passive investments.

Hazeltree Publishes Active Treasury Management – A Powerful Competitive Advantage Whitepaper

They include a focus on counterparty diversification and exposure, increased cost of financing, and increased regulatory demands.

3i Group posts 24 percent third-quarter return on assets

Our portfolio remains well positioned, with our key assets continuing to deliver consistently robust performance.

Singapore wealth fund buys Wall Street tower

In connection with the deal, the joint venture completed a US$575 million financing of the tower.

State Street Recognized in the 2017 Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index

As investors look for new drivers of risk-aware alpha, the demand for data around gender equality and other social and governance metrics continues to grow.

Hedge fund Steel Partners launching $500 mln fund

Steel Partners has been active in successfully pressuring Japanese companies

Finally, some good news for hedge funds

The Federal Reserve dropped the rate it sets for banks to borrow from each other to near zero amid the financial crisis, and left it there for seven years.

Simmons First National Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire First Texas BHC, Inc.

The Southwest Bank brand itself is very well known and respected

U.S. Institutional ETF Execution The Rise Of RFQ Trading

RFQ trading also delivers an optimized workflow for straight-through-processing, and automated reporting to meet best execution and compliance requirements.

Hedge funds and private equity tap Glassdoor for investment tips

Fund managers use employer review website to carry out due diligence

Struggling hedge funds still expense bonuses, bar tabs

Investors have for years tolerated pass-through charges because of high net returns, but weak performance lately is testing their patience.

Private equity hopes for a favourable ear

After Obama tightened up regulations, fund managers hope Trump will ease the pressure

Fifth Third acquiring Cincinnati investment management firm

RCA, as the firm is known, manages $461 million in assets and oversees another $21 million in non-discretionary assets

Rockwood Capital raises $1.1bn for US value-add property fund

The fund will target US office, residential, retail and hotel assets in urban and suburban core mixed-use environments.

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