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CRUX Asset Management rolls out new fund

CRUX Asset Management, an employee-owned investment management firm, has launched the new FP CRUX European Fund.

GSAM unveils new global absolute return fund

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has rolled out a new global absolute return fund aimed to provide returns that are less dependent on the direction of traditional markets.

Ashmore co-founder unveils new emerging market investment manager

Ashmore Group co-founder Jerome Booth has launched a specialist emerging market investment manager.

Aberdeen Asset Management to buy Parmenion Capital Partners

Aberdeen Asset Management has agreed to purchase Parmenion Capital Partners, a provider of risk graded portfolios to UK financial advisors, and its sister company, Self Directed Holdings, in a move to strengthen its financial technology offering.

GAM Holding names new group chief economist

Swiss asset manager GAM Holding has hired Larry Hatheway as new group chief economist.

Muscat Capital selects Northern Trust as global custodian

Muscat Capital, the Saudi Arabia-based investment banking arm of Bank Muscat, has selected Northern Trust to provide global custody and fund valuation and accounting services for its Saudi equity fund called the Muscat Capital IPO fund.

Vontobel to acquire Italmobiliare’s Finter Bank Zurich

Swiss private bank Vontobel has agreed to acquire Finter Bank Zurich, which is owned by Italmobiliare, to strengthen its wealth management business with Italian clients.

Glenmede appoints director for family wealth practice

Glenmede, a US-based wealth management firm, has named Brian Green as director of its family wealth practice.

Delen Private Bank selects ICTroom to build data centre in Antwerp

Belgium-based Delen Private Bank has chosen ICTroom, a Netherlands-based provider of data centre solutions, to design and construct its new Tier III corporate data centre in Antwerp, Belgium.

First National Bank to buy Fifth Third Bank’s branches in Pittsburgh

First National Bank of Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based FNB, has agreed to acquire 17 branches of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank in the Pittsburgh region.