Markets

Europeans Lag As Commodity Currencies Ride The Wave Of Optimism

Australian Dollar advanced during Asian session, bolstered by stronger than anticipated data emanating from China and t... Read more

Gresham House Sets Eyes On Long-term Ambitions As Profits Climb

Gresham House has seen its adjusted operating profit up tick up 8% to £14.2m during the first half of 2023, as the fi... Read more

Castlefield Sells ACD Unit To Thesis Unit Trust Management

Thesis Unit Trust Management (Tutman) has acquired Castlefield Partners' authorised corporate director arm ConBrio Fun... Read more

Octopus Investments Launches Joint £20m Fundraise For Two AIM VCTs

Octopus Investments has opened a new £20m fundraise for its two Alternative Investment Market venture capital trusts.... Read more

Governance Tops Global Investors' Sustainable Investment Priority Lists

The ‘G’ of ESG has become the top priority for investors in 2023, although there has been an overall drop in the i... Read more

Euro Stumbles On Dovish ECB Hike, Dollar Rides On Strong Data

In a twist of events today, Euro takes a considerable hit following ECB’s dovish rate hike which communicated a possi... Read more

ECB Approaches End Of Hiking Cycle With 25bps Rise

The European Central Bank has voted to raise interest rates by 25bps to 4% in what may be its final hike of the cycle,... Read more

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps: ESG Considerations Risk Undermining UK Defence Industry

Grant Shapps, the UK’s new defence secretary, has said ESG considerations risk undermining the UK defence industry a... Read more

Article 8 And 9 Labels Could Be Scrapped In Upcoming SFDR Consultation - Reports

The European Commission is set to launch a consultation that may see the Article 8 and 9 labels being scrapped under i... Read more

TILLIT Expands Investment Platform With Four 'best-in-class' Funds

TILLIT has expanded its investment platform with four new ‘best-in-class' strategies, including a US special situati... Read more

Royal London AM Limits Access To Global Equity Select Fund

Royal London Asset Management has limited access to its Global Equity Select strategy, following a period of strong in... Read more

CFA Institute Launches Private Markets And Alternatives Programme

The CFA Institute has rolled out a certificate in private markets and alternative investments to cater to the growing ... Read more

Why SFDR Reporting On Adverse Impact Is A Win-win

Investing in ‘sustainable’ investments or those deemed to be ESG-screened is not a one-way street. Read more

Hipgnosis Agrees $465m Catalogue Sale From Public Trust To Private Blackstone Vehicle

The Hipgnosis Songs fund (SONG) has agreed the sale of 29 catalogues to Hipgnosis Songs Capital to fund a share buybac... Read more

Artemis Launches Consumer Brands Fund For Ex-GAM Luxury Equities Manager

Artemis is set to launch a new leading consumer brands global equity strategy for Swetha Ramachandran, the former mana... Read more