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Rothschild & Cie Gestion opens branch in Italy

Rothschild & Cie Gestion, a France-based asset management company, has opened a branch in Milan, Italy.

AXA Equitable launches Investment Edge

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, a pioneer in retirement savings strategies, has launched Investment Edge, a variable annuity offering a 3-D approach to long-term investing focused on diversification, deferral and distribution.

RBC Wealth Management appoints managers for East, West Coast branches

RBC Wealth Management, the US brokerage operation of Royal Bank of Canada, has appointed Kirstin Turner and Rob Spawn as managers for its East and West Coast branches respectively.

Value-add real estate appears more attractive than core real estate: CenterSquare

Value-add real estate, which are properties exhibiting marginal operational or physical challenges, offer better total return prospects than core real estate, according to a white paper from CenterSquare Investment Management, a real estate specialist for BNY Mellon.

RBS in talks to sell equity derivatives unit to BNP Paribas

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is in talks to sell its structured retail investor products and equity derivatives (IP & ED) business to French lender BNP Paribas in a bid to shrink its investment bank.

Morningstar enters agreement with eVestment separate account and hedge fund data

Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research, has entered into an agreement to make eVestment separate account and hedge fund data available to users of Morningstar Direct, the company’s global investment analysis platform for institutional investors.

Thoma Bravo to invest in asset manager Segall Bryant & Hamill

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, has entered into an agreement to invest in a Chicago-based asset management firm Segall Bryant & Hamill with more than US$9 billion in assets under management.

Henderson Property strengthens southern European team

Henderson Global Investor’s c. €15 billion Property Business has hired Marta Cladera de Codina and Laura Beltrametti to strengthen its European team.

Franklin Templeton introduce multi-strategy liquid alternatives fund for US investors

Franklin Templeton Investments has introduced Franklin K2 Alternative Strategies Fund, its first multi-strategy mutual fund focused on alternative investment strategies.

River and Mercantile expands wholesale distribution team

River and Mercantile (R&M) has poached Neptune’s Tom De Lisle for its wholesale distribution team.