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Verdict Staff
Brocade Capital Solutions partners with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions
Brocade has announced a partnership with BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions to deliver Brocade Leasing throughout Europe and India.
Unigestion selects SimCorp Dimension
Swiss asset manager Unigestion has entered into a license agreement with SimCorp.
Lincoln Financials retirement plan services unit strengthens team in Western region
Lincoln Financial Group’s Retirement Plan Services business has appointed Randy Hall to its Participant Engagement team as a retirement consultant director in the Western region of the country.
Standard Chartered may sell part of UAE business
British banking giant Standard Chartered is reportedly planning to divest or exit part of its business in the UAE.
Polar Capital to launch new absolute return fund
Polar Capital has appointed Guy Rushton from L&G Investment Management to launch a new UK Absolute Equity fund by the end of September.
Prudential Capital hires new head for London office
Prudential Capital Group, a US-based asset management arm of Prudential Financial, has hired Michael Berry a managing director and head of its London office.
Affluent investors are hesitant of high risk investments: Spectrem
Less than half of all investors are willing to make high risk investments for fearing of losing the capital invested, according to a study conducted by Spectrem.
Senior EFG executives quit to launch new asset management business
Two senior EFG executives are set to quit the Swiss bank to establish a new external asset management business in Hong Kong.
DC schemes to change outdated default strategy design: SEI poll
The results of a survey published by SEI revealed U.K. pension schemes continue to undergo critical changes following the pension reforms announced in the U.K. 2014 budget, with nearly 66% of trustees looking to change their default strategy within the next 18 months.
GAM rolls out new Ucits mortgage-backed securities fund
Swiss-based asset manager GAM has unveiled a new Dublin-domiciled Ucits fund that will invest in US mortgage-backed securities (MBS).