Managers of Wealth Americas

UBS Said to Plan $4.5 Billion Offering of Bonds in U.S.

UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, plans to issue $4.5 billion of bonds in the U.S., according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Legg Mason Reports Assets Under Management and Flows For July 2014

Legg Mason has reported preliminary assets under management of $693 billion as of July 31, 2014.

BlackRock Launches Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund

Provides individual investors with a way to diversify across alternative investment managers and strategies in a single portfolio solution

Carillion/ Balfour offers up 'David vs Goliaths' tussle for Oriel

That takeover followed a rocky period for the firm

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Renames Retail Product Suite in the Americas

This change will affect all open-end funds, closed-end funds, the Variable Insurance Portfolios (VIPs) currently named “DWS,” and the db X-trackers exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

US Mint Suspends JFK Gold Coin Sales at All Retail Locations

The United States Mint has made the decision to suspend sales of the 2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Half Dollar Gold Proof Coins at all four retail locations where the coins had previously been available.

Antaeus Teams With Ex-NBA Star To Teach Financial Literacy

Antaeus Wealth Advisors will provide age-appropriate educational material and teaching tools.

Ivy Investment Management Finalizes Adoption of Selector Management Fund SICAV

Three other sub-funds will be launched in the near future: Ivy Global Investors Mid Cap Growth Fund, Ivy Global Investors Large Cap Growth Fund and Ivy Global Investors Science and Technology Fund.

How Hedge Funds Can Adapt As Wall Street Puts on the Squeeze

The new math means hedge funds essentially have to justify their use of banks’ balance sheets

Fortress Announces Successful Close of Transportation and Infrastructure Fund

Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Investors Reaches Cap of $995 million

Prudential profit beats estimates as asset management fees rise

Adjusted operating income at the insurer's asset management business rose about 16 percent to $200 million.

Waterfall Launches Offshore Funds

Waterfall Asset Management, the $2.9 billion New York-based credit hedge fund, has launched a pair of Caymans-based funds.

Swiss alternative asset manager continues American energy push

The Houston office would become its 18th global office.

Novus Signs Additional European Hedge Fund Clients

The addition of these two funds highlights a developing trend among emerging managers

US hedge fund latest to line up tax inversion move

A US HEDGE FUND has become the latest in a string of companies seeking to acquire a UK rival in order to set up a foreign tax centre.

Ex-Bridgewater Analyst Starts No-Fee Hedge Fund

The New York-based firm will even manage money pro bono for foundations and underfunded pensions for up to 25 percent of the firm’s assets.

DSM Capital Partners Launches new fund

The Fund had in excess of USD 600 million in assets at the end of second quarter 2014.

Finance Firms Partner to Offer Exclusive Investment Fund for Women

The offerings of both Harris and Harris Wealth Management Group and Pax Investments of the Pax Ellevate Global Women's Index Fund reflect the pertinence of this type of commitment to women within the finance industry.

Abu Dhabi-backed Carlyle see Q2 earnings double

Carlyle Group, the US private equity firm in which Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Company owns a 7.5 percent stake, announced its second-quarter earnings doubled from a year earlier as one of its European buyout funds started paying performance fe

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Acquires Parker Place in California

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s real estate investment business today announced that it has acquired Parker Place in Berkeley, CA, on behalf of one of its institutional clients.

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