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Fund managers prepare for opening of Saudi stock market

Fund managers are preparing for Saudi Arabia to open its stock market, worth nearly $550 billion, to direct foreign institutional...

Nedgroup extends Citi contract

South Africa's Nedgroup Investments has expanded its contract with Citi to provide investor services to the Irish-domiciled and Ucits-compliant Nedgroup...

Generali appoints custodian in asset management restructure

Generali Group, an Italian insurer, has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as global custodian as part of a restructuring of...

Banks “reverse progress” on link between pay and risk

EU regulations weaken bank efforts to link bonuses with risk and performance of its main risk-taking employees, a survey has...

New depositaries come on line in AIFMD world

The Aztec Group is the latest of a group of fund administrators to gain a licence to provide depositary services...

Fund firms still not ready for AIFMD – survey

More than two-fifths of asset managers in a survey will not have received authorisation of their alternative investment funds by...

Small firms “grin and bear it” over AIFMD

Managers of UK alternative investment funds that are below the threshold of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) are...

AIFMD a “great opportunity”, says Principal Global Investors

Investment managers and investors need to realise that the new regime for regulated alternative funds in place this week is...

Corporate bonds “area of most concern”

Investors are facing significant corporate bond liquidity risk and may eventually need an alternative, even cash, an analyst warns. Andy...

Hansa Trust appoints BNP Paribas as AIFMD depositary

The UK's Hansa Trust has appointed a depositary in readiness for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). BNP Paribas...