Brown Advisory's US SRI Fund reaches $50 million Independent investment firm and US equity specialist Brown Advisory has announced that its American SRI fund has reached $50m in... July 30, 2012 Round-Up Academic research supporting CTA strategies unveiled CTA (commodity trading advisor) strategies, which use quantitative techniques to follow trends across a broad selection of markets, can deliver... July 30, 2012 Round-Up "Funding for Lending" to contribute to credit easing Fidelity fixed income portfolio manager, Ian Spreadbury, said that the Government’s recently announced targeted measures to ease credit conditions could... July 30, 2012 Round-Up First State awaits road privatisation programme First State Investments head of infrastructure asset management, Europe, Niall Mills, said a well-planned road privatisation programme in the UK... July 30, 2012 Round-Up Irish wind farms are capital investment The Irish Infrastructure Fund, which is managed by AMP Capital, has bought a controlling stake in a portfolio of 10... July 30, 2012 Round-Up Barings to launch emerging market corporate debt fund Baring Asset Management is to launch an emerging market corporate debt fund, with the aim of maximising total return, through... July 30, 2012 Round-Up Gold proves popular hedge against Europe risks Gold exchange-traded certificates (ETCs) have seen nearly $900 million of inflows in the last few months, as investors have hedged... July 30, 2012 News Fund managers to use more ETFs in future Fund managers are to increase their use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs), according to a survey commissioned... July 30, 2012 News Credit opportunities knock for Brevan Howard Brevan Howard is one hedge fund manager which has benefited from opportunities in the credit markets in the first half... July 30, 2012 News NAPF positive on LGPS blueprint The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) cautiously welcomed the agreement over the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) between the... July 30, 2012 News