BlueCrest Slams UK as Bad for Business After Top Court Tax Case Loss July 2, 2026 By Lucca de Paoli and Nishant Kumar Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management said the UK is “no longer a serious contender” as a place to do business...
Wellington to Buy Hartford Funds for $1.9 Billion in Wealth Push June 3, 2026 By Loukia Gyftopoulou Wellington Management Co. agreed to buy the asset-management division of The Hartford as the Boston-based investment firm pushes ahead with...
Allianz’s PIMCO, L&G Sued in Scrap Over €1.2 Billion Brussels Tower May 15, 2026 By Lucca de Paoli and Jack Sidders PIMCO and Legal & General Group Plc have been accused of placing “undue pressure” on property valuers in a bitter...
Hedge Funds Make Their Move as Litigation Finance Assets Slump May 11, 2026 By William Shaw, Edward Clark and Gautam Naik A losing streak in litigation finance is attracting hedge funds and other alternative investment managers looking to invest in legal...
T. Rowe Among Signatories to Resurrected Net Zero Alliance February 26, 2026 By Alastair Marsh A net zero alliance for asset managers has resurrected itself after shelving its work last year amid a wave of...
Big North European Investors Reassess US Exposure as Geopolitical Risk Mounts January 23, 2026 By Naomi Rovnick, Simon Johnson and Simon Jessop Big Northern European investors are increasingly wary of the risks of holding U.S. assets in the face of geopolitical tensions,...
Generali, Natixis Owner Likely to Drop Asset Management Deal, Sources Say October 29, 2025 By Gianluca Semeraro, Valentina Za, Giuseppe Fonte and Mathieu Rosemain Italy’s biggest insurer Generali and French banking group BPCE are likely to abandon plans to merge their asset management businesses...
Generali’s $2.2 Trillion Natixis Tie-Up Faces Growing Doubts September 22, 2025 By Sonia Sirletti and Claudia Cohen Eight months after Assicurazioni Generali SpA and BPCE SA announced their intention to create Europe’s second-biggest asset manager, their plan...
Allianz Raises $1.25 Billion in Perpetual-Bond Litmus Test August 20, 2025 By Tasos Vossos Allianz SE sold $1.25 billion of perpetual notes Tuesday, the German insurer’s latest batch of risky bonds that investors said...
Taiwan Life Insurers’ $700 Billion Bet on the US Is Backfiring June 12, 2025 By Chien-Hua Wan, Cindy Wang and Betty Hou For decades, Taiwan’s life insurance companies boasted of above-average returns from their heavy investment in US bonds. That reliance is...