Regions

Companies | 25 May 16

The long-delayed deal between Italy’s UniCredit and Spain’s Santander to merge their fund management businesses has hit a further roadblock, with the Italian bank now on the hunt for a new chief executive.

Investment | 25 May 16

Three men convicted of defrauding investors out of almost £80m ($116.4m, €104m) in a London-based Ponzi scheme to fund their lavish lifestyles have been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison.

Investment | 25 May 16

Summer 2016 will present a number of geo-political concerns for investors – the biggest of which is the run up to, and the aftermath of, the EU Referendum vote. Click through the slides below to see what Tom Stevenson, investment director for personal investing at Fidelity International, suggests investors can do to prepare themselves for a potential summer of volatility.

Best Practice | 25 May 16

Fund research and ratings group RSMR has launched a platform to host its suite of seven risk-aligned Rfolios, with further passive and socially responsible investing-focused (SRI) model portfolios being considered.

Asia | 25 May 16

But Natixis GAM, which conducted the study, believes they may be over-estimating the passive products.