BlackRock has announced the launch of the BlackRock Senior Securitised Fund (BSSF), its new flagship Securitised Fund, in the existing BlackRock Specialist Strategies Fund range.
Cerulli Associates writes that interest in onboarding alternative investments is growing among Asian distributors as they seek to promote these strategies to wealthy investors, who have increasingly warmed up to the asset class amid volatility in public markets.
Avaloq, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, and BlackRock, through its Aladdin Wealth business, have formed a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing their investment technology solutions for wealth managers and private banks. As part of the strategic partnership, BlackRock is making a minority investment in Avaloq.
As fundraising among large institutions has run dry, demand among retail and small institutional investors has surged for private investments, says the US team at Cerulli Associates. Both factors are driving alternative asset managers’ interest in exploring client segments beyond the traditional large institutional investor.
abrdn plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell abrdn Capital, its discretionary fund management business, to LGT.
Sinara Group is setting up an international financial holding, Sinara Financial Corporation, in an effort to accelerate the expansion of its investment arm. Alexander Pumpyansky,
d1g1t Inc, the provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics and risk management tools, has closed a new fundraising round worth
Vanguard has launched Vanguard Personal Financial Planning on the Vanguard UK Personal Investor platform, which aims to bring value to investors through a personalised retirement
SEI has announced seven new SEI Wealth Platform (SWP) client agreements, another seven client implementations and 26 long-term re-contract agreements with existing SWP and TRUST
Nearly six years on from the introduction of Pension Freedoms, new research has shown that older savers are sleepwalking into retirement and risk running out
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