Managers of Wealth Americas

State Street Says Short-Volatility Trades Storing Up Trouble

The billions of dollars backing bets that volatility in the stock market will keep sinking lower is “storing up trouble” for the future, State Street's CIO says.

Nippon Life to buy 25 pct of US asset manager

The transaction is subject to certain required approvals and expected to close by the end of 2017.

Chriss Is Shutting His $2 Billion Hutchin Hill Hedge Fund

Hutchin Hill Capital, which invests across markets with teams trading different strategies, is the latest in a stream of firms to close this year.

J O Hambro Capital Management Launches Global Income Builder Fund

JOHCM's Multi-Asset team employs a differentiated bottom-up approach to investing across asset classes

BNY Mellon Investment Management Launches Multi-Asset Fund

Insight's Matthew Merritt, Steve Waddington and Michael Ford are the fund's primary portfolio managers.

Scotiabank submits a binding offer to BBVA to acquire its shares in BBVA Chile

If the transaction is completed, Scotiabank's Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio will be impacted by approximately 100 basis points.

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Vanguard to offer its first active ETF lineup in U.S.

Vanguard also said in a statement that one of the funds, as well as a new mutual fund, will use more than one factor in selecting stocks, and that all will begin trading in the first quarter of 2018.

Soros Sons to Back New Hedge Fund From Ex-Soros Manager

Representatives for the new firm, called Emerging Variant, and the Soros family declined to comment.

Guardian Capital Group acquires majority interest in Alta Capital Management

The transaction is expected to close in early 2018, subject to regulatory approvals.

Kansas City wealth advisor takes majority stake in Colorado financial-planning firm

This partnership will allow us to expand our services to clients and better equip them to accomplish their long-term goals.

He’s Back! Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan Chase Ponders Bitcoin Futures Move

The bank would effectively be creating a market within CME’s marketplace, a go-between cryptocurrency futures and its customers.

Surging global dividends breaking records for 2017

North American dividends dominated the third quarter, accounting for four dollars in every ten paid globally.

Natixis Global Asset Management Renamed Natixis Investment Managers

Natixis Investment Managers offers investment solutions from high-conviction, high-active-share investment managers, while also providing evaluation and consulting support to help clients build portfolios to meet their long-term goals.

IDB seeks to tap shareholders, sovereign wealth funds to boost lending

The IDB currently lends around $2 billion a year to the private sector from its annual total of just over $11 billion

Everything You Need to Know About Hedge Fund Conversions

With both the equity and fixed income markets near all-time highs, investors are concerned about the risk in traditional portfolios.

A Hedge Fund Manager Committed Fraud. Would the U.S. Let Him Go?

In the prison’s television room, a guard dispensing the mail called out inmates’ names and numbers.

SEI Wins 'Top OCIO Provider' at the 2017 Institutional Asset Management Awards

Company Recognized as a Top Performing OCIO

Prudential cashes in on America's ageing population and Asia's affluent as profits jump

New business profit in its recently merged insurance and asset management division was up 31pc to £234m.

Alter Domus to acquire US investment services firm

It currently has over USD180bn of assets under administration.

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