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Legg Mason, Western Asset launch global macro opportunities fund

Legg Mason Global Asset Management has launched a global macro opportunities fund through its fixed income subsidiary Western Asset Management.

UBS to give financial advisers in US higher expense accounts to target wealthy

UBS Wealth Management Americas has told its roughly 7,000 financial advisers that they will receive new expense accounts to lure wealthy clients.

Exclusive: ABN AMRO forecast a positive outlook

At their economic and investment outlook meeting last night, led by senior macro economist, Nick Kounis, and CIO of ABN AMRO Private Banking, Didier Duret, ABN AMRO predicts improving fortunes in the financial sector, writes Patrick Brusnahan.

Millionaire baby boomers, Gen X plan to invest in equities in next 12 months: Spectrem

More than half of all Baby Boomer and Gen X investors with a net worth over US$1 million plan to invest in equities such as individual stocks or stock mutual funds over the next 12 months, according to a research by Spectrem Group.

Witan Investment Trust replaces two global equity managers

Witan Investment Trust, a UK-based multi-manager fund, has replaced the managers on two of its global mandates worth £190 million.

Arrow Capital completes acquisition of BluMont Capital

Arrow Capital Management has completed the acquisition of BluMont Capital Corporation (BluMont) from Integrated Asset Management (IAM).

Asset under management in Poland top €139 billion in 1H 2013: Inteliace

Surging assets of investment funds drive the expansion of the whole asset management industry in Poland, according to Inteliace’s latest report.

MTS launches RFQ trading for ETFs

MTS, Europe’s premier fixed income trading venue, is to launch Request-for-Quote (RFQ) trading for ETFs via its multi-dealer-to-client MTS BondVision platform.

SunGard acquires FundBridge, NSARFiler solutions from Softputer Technologies

SunGard has acquired Softputer Technologies’ FundBridge and NSARFiler solutions for financial and regulatory reporting.

eVestment partners with Hedge Fund Research to offer HFR’s data and indices

eVestment, a leading provider of institutional investment data and analytics, has entered into an agreement with Hedge Fund Research (HFR) to offer HFR’s alternatives data and indices to clients of eVestment’s suite of Analytic solutions for institutional investors.