Managers of Wealth Americas

Manulife Sets Up $2 Billion Infrastructure Fund

The new John Hancock Infrastructure Fund will invest in the structures and entities that keep civilization going.

Legal & General’s U.S Pension Risk Transfer business volume nears $2bn

Demand continues to build for insurers that are flexible and highly responsive to dynamic client needs

Six firms in running to manage $1 billion Abraaj healthcare fund: sources

How Abraaj used some of the money in the healthcare fund led to a dispute with four investors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Finance Corp.

Northern Trust Delivers New Compliance Monitoring Capabilities

Bringing Enhanced Governance and Transparency to Asset Owners across the Globe

LPL Financial Welcomes Rockline Wealth Management

Rockline Wealth Management reported that it served approximately $415 million of client brokerage and advisory assets as of April 20

Vanguard and Fidelity roll out new ESG funds

The new ETFS will complement the firm’s existing FTSE Social Index fund, Vanguard said in a statement.

Wunderlich Securities, Inc. to be Rebranded as B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc.

This brand transition reflects Wunderlich’s enhanced investment services, products and capabilities since becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of B. Riley and part of its diverse platform of services.

Investors With $5 Trillion Have Room to Cut Emerging Debt

Global debt-fund allocations are close to 10-year average

McCaskill's husband invested $1 million in hedge fund set up in Caymans

McCaskill's campaign said Shepard pays all taxes on his investment in the hedge fund

Hedge fund Winton spins out its big data unit

Hivemind was created to clean up and analyse complex data for use by traders

Strong markets boost fund company profits by 18%

Fixed costs also rise for investment managers, indicating long-term problems

High demand for collateralised loans weakens lender protections

Clamour for the products as rates rise risks driving down the quality of assets

Public Pensions To Increase Infrastructure Investment

This could amount to an additional US$334bn investment in real estate and US$130bn in infrastructure over the next two years.

BOK Financial Corporation to Acquire CoBiz Financial

The merger consideration is valued at $23.02 per share, based on the closing price of BOK Financial on June 15, 2018.

BlackRock Is Offering a Free Perk That Lets It See Inside Your Portfolio

Free risk-assessment tool for financial advisers is part of an effort to sell more funds to individual investors

Centaur continues its growth in the US with new jersey office opening

This new location expands the firm’s global presence to a ninth location with four directly servicing the U.S. market.

Nutmeg State Financial CU acquires DaLand Solutions

The credit union recently made news when it opened a new branch offering DMV services

BlackRock woos wealth managers with its risk analytics software

The software was the star of BlackRock’s biannual investor day last week.

Bci AM enters Peru market

‘This transaction becomes a relevant milestone in our international expansion plan, consolidating our strategy of bolstering our value proposition in alternative investments for the institutional segment.’

Offshore Finance Centers receive Backing from to Economists

It also makes it very clear that these centers play a critical role in the development of the US and global economies.

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