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Charles Schwab, JP Morgan extend agreement

Charles Schwab has extended its agreement with JP Morgan to provide Schwab clients with access to a broad range of JP Morgan’s fixed income securities.

Emerging managers successfully raising private real estate funds dropped to 10 year low in 2013

Emerging private real estate managers face an extremely challenging fundraising environment, according to a study by Preqin.

Bermuda signs AIFMD cooperation agreement with German regulator

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has signed a MoU with German financial regulator, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), in relation to the European Union’s Alternative Investment Funds Managers Directive (AIFMD).

Fidelity Investments appoints new president of fixed income unit

Fidelity Investments has named Nancy Prior as new president of its fixed income division replacing Charlie Morrison.

Hedge fund average returns highest since January 2012: eVestment

The February 2014 February Global Hedge Fund Performance report from eVestment shows strong results for these funds.

Towers Watson expands investments team in Australia

Towers Watson has expanded investments team in Australia by appointing Alek Misev and Felicity Walsh as new investment consultants.

Raymond James lures two financial advisers from UBS

Raymond James Financial has lured a team of two financial advisers from UBS Financial Services that managed over US$227 million in client assets.

Global ETF and ETP assets reached US$2.44 trillion: ETFGI

Flows into ETFs and ETPs listed globally rebounded in February gathering net inflows of US$29 billion which, when combined with the positive market performance in the month, pushed assets in the global ETF/ETP industry to a new record high of US$2.44 trillion, according to preliminary findings from ETFGI’s February Global ETF and ETP industry insights report.

Palmira Capital forays into Spanish industrial property market

Palmira Capital Partners, A Germany-based investment and asset manager of industrial real estate, has partnered with Kefren Capital Real Estate (KCRE) to foray into Spanish industrial real estate investment market.

Schroders stows US$15 million for imminent US tax deal-report

Schroders has set aside £15 million for potential fines to resolve a US probe of its alleged role in helping American clients dodge taxes, according to Gulf News.