aviva bid for singapores pias
Aviva’s deal to acquire around 81% of the holding company which owns Singapore’s Professional Investment Advisory Services Pty is still on, in spite of being at least two months late in its scheduled completion, according to the managing director of the Australian company selling PIAS.
brooks macdonald unveils two income funds
Brooks Macdonald Funds has launched two new income funds under the Dublin-based SPL Investment Funds umbrella.
blackrock purchase of credit suisse etfs
Credit Suisse and BlackRock have today announced a deal which will see the American giant acquire the Swiss firm’s ETF arm by the end of 2013 – a consolidation 7IM's Peter Sleep said will keep fund charges inflated.
mirabaud am launches dynamic allocation strategy
Mirabaud Asset Management has launched a multi-asset strategy for chief investment officer of asset allocation products Pierre Pinel, which offers “flexible management on all traditional asset classes”.
asian and indian clients catered for
Standard Life, which last year formally opened an office in Singapore in preparation for marketing investment products there, today unveiled a suite of three basic products that it plans to market specifically to affluent Asian and Indian clients as well as to the more traditional, English-speaking expatriate sector.